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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Parisite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nordstrandite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pentahydrite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Parisite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Vivianite Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	7	231940,231956,231975,232005,232035,232037,232038	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	231864	445
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	8	231940,231947,231948,231976,231978,232020,232042,232044	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	231912,232046	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	231918,232035	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	231940	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	231864,231916,231947,232035,232037,232038	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	231980	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	231981	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	35	231865,231916,231918,231922,231923,231924,231926,231927,231940,231945,231947,231948,231968,231972,231973,231975,231978,231980,231983,231991,231996,231997,231998,232002,232004,232007,232010,232021,232025,232035,232037,232040,232042,232043,232044	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	231991	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	231975	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	231916	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	231997	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	231864,232002,232035	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	231864,231916,231956,232037,232038	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	32	231872,231916,231922,231924,231926,231927,231930,231940,231945,231947,231948,231969,231972,231973,231974,231975,231976,231978,231980,231981,231982,231983,231991,231998,232004,232007,232015,232018,232037,232040,232042,232044	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	231864,231916	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	59	231866,231877,231878,231880,231881,231883,231885,231886,231889,231890,231891,231894,231895,231896,231897,231899,231900,231901,231902,231903,231904,231905,231906,231907,231908,231909,231911,231913,231918,231933,231937,231942,231957,231960,231967,231968,231970,231978,231982,231986,231987,232001,232005,232006,232007,232010,232011,232013,232017,232025,232026,232028,232029,232030,232032,232034,232045,232049,232052	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	231916	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	231864,231945	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	231926,231991,231996,231997	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	231940	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	231864	1066
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	231916	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	231864	17380
Nordstrandite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	232002	64
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	231864	767
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	1	231864	112
Pentahydrite ()*	Chalcanthite	Mg(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	231864	32
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	231916	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	21	231864,231916,231918,231940,231945,231947,231972,231974,231975,231978,231980,231981,231982,231991,231997,232010,232015,232035,232040,232043,232044	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	231991	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	32	231864,231898,231916,231918,231940,231945,231947,231948,231956,231968,231972,231974,231975,231978,231980,231981,231982,231984,231991,231998,232002,232004,232010,232015,232035,232037,232038,232040,232042,232043,232044,232046	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	231916	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	231864	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	17	231916,231918,231940,231968,231972,231974,231975,231978,231980,231981,231982,232004,232015,232025,232037,232040,232043	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	12	231872,231899,231918,231927,231945,231947,231971,231972,231981,231982,232005,232018	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	15	231916,231927,231940,231945,231947,231972,231973,231975,231980,231983,231991,231998,232040,232042,232044	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	231872,231978	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	231864	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	231916	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	15	231927,231940,231945,231968,231971,231972,231973,231978,231980,231981,231983,232018,232037,232040,232043	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	231916	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	231972	2562
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	231864	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R120061	Snowbird Mine, Fish Creek, Alberton, Mineral Co., Montana, USA	https://rruff.info/R120061

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