Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Acanthite	Adelite	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite
Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vivianite	Volborthite	Wurtzite

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H I K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Adelite Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Jalpaite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc
Tetrahedrite Topaz Vivianite Volborthite Wurtzite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Birnessite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Iodargyrite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Matildite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Osarizawaite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tangeite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Topaz ()*
Volborthite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			4	187303,187309,187320,187325	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	187305	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	187296	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	187327	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			10	187303,187305,187309,187310,187313,187318,187321,187322,187330,187349	11547
Beaverite-(Cu) ()*	Alunite	Pb(Fe³⁺₂Cu)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40	30	0		132
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	187317	178
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	187328	5516
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			6	187294,187309,187321,187325,187326,187330	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	187296,187303	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	187305,187321	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			3	187321,187326,187330	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			11	187301,187303,187305,187307,187308,187309,187310,187313,187318,187323,187325	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			8	187295,187309,187312,187321,187323,187325,187330,187349	1382
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			3	187321,187326,187330	599
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	187321,187330	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	187296	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			6	187309,187310,187313,187318,187321,187330	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	40	30	24	187296,187299,187300,187301,187303,187304,187305,187306,187307,187308,187309,187310,187313,187314,187318,187321,187323,187324,187325,187330,187331,187333,187334,187352	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	187321,187330	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	187296,187303,187310	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	187350	14640
Iodargyrite ()*	Wurtzite	AgI			1	187294	180
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	187303	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			7	187294,187305,187314,187321,187325,187330,187331	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	187295	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	187305,187306,187310,187314,187331	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	187313,187318	12537
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	187324	252
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	187317	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	187305,187314,187320,187331	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	187328	633
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	40	30	0		64
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	187305,187321	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	187303	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	187303	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			15	187296,187299,187303,187305,187306,187309,187310,187313,187314,187318,187324,187325,187328,187331,187350	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			11	187296,187303,187305,187310,187313,187314,187318,187320,187321,187330,187331	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40	30	0		598
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	187296	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	40	30	3	187304,187333,187334	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	187296,187301	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	40	30	12	187296,187300,187303,187304,187307,187310,187313,187318,187323,187324,187334,187352	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	187306	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	187303	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	187321,187330	3337
Tangeite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(VO₄)(OH)	40	30	0		60
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			6	187299,187301,187303,187307,187313,187318	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			2	187321,187326	433
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	187303	1476
Volborthite ()*	Volborthite	Cu₃V₂O₇(OH)₂·2H₂O	40	30	0		155
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	187329	1655

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	NAVDAT-35590	40	30	35±5					35590						112169	Green Mountain Deposit, Silver Cliff District, Custer Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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