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| 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. |
| 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 | 1 | 109514 | 2793 | ||
| Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1 | 109513 | 2734 | ||
| Aragonite (*) | Aragonite | Ca(CO3) | 1 | 109512 | 3250 | ||
| Arseniosiderite (*) | Arseniosiderite | Ca2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O | 1 | 109513 | 194 | ||
| Arsentsumebite (*) | Brackebuschite | Pb2Cu(AsO4)(SO4)(OH) | 1 | 109513 | 37 | ||
| Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2 | 109512,109513 | 5509 | ||
| Bariopharmacosiderite (*) | Pharmacosiderite | Ba0.5Fe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·5H2O | 1 | 109513 | 150 | ||
| Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 1 | 109513 | 11547 | ||
| Bayldonite (*) | None | Cu3PbO(AsO3OH)2(OH)2 | 1 | 109513 | 172 | ||
| Beaverite-(Cu) (*) | Alunite | Pb(Fe3+2Cu)(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 109513 | 132 | ||
| Beudantite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 109513 | 413 | ||
| Bindheimite (*) | Pyrochlore | Pb2Sb5+2O7 | 1 | 109513 | 450 | ||
| Carminite (*) | Carminite | PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 | 1 | 109513 | 178 | ||
| Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 109513 | 4979 | ||
| Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 2 | 109512,109513 | 27198 | ||
| Clinoclase (*) | None | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 | 1 | 109513 | 127 | ||
| Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 1 | 109513 | 3846 | ||
| Cornwallite (*) | None | Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 | 1 | 109513 | 175 | ||
| Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 1 | 109513 | 2970 | ||
| Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 1 | 109512 | 9895 | ||
| Duftite (*) | Adelite | PbCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1 | 109513 | 220 | ||
| Freibergite (*) | Tetrahedrite | Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12 | 1 | 109514 | 663 | ||
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 1 | 109513 | 24243 | ||
| Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 2 | 109512,109513 | 7437 | ||
| Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 1 | 109512 | 14640 | ||
| Hidalgoite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(SO4)(AsO4)(OH)6 | 1 | 109513 | 57 | ||
| Libethenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(PO4)(OH) | 1 | 109513 | 234 | ||
| Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 2 | 109512,109513 | 12537 | ||
| Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 1 | 109513 | 1107 | ||
| Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 2 | 109512,109513 | 492 | ||
| Polybasite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7] | 1 | 109514 | 716 | ||
| Pyrargyrite (*) | None | Ag3SbS3 | 1 | 109514 | 1425 | ||
| Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 1 | 109513 | 39462 | ||
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 2 | 109512,109513 | 61156 | ||
| Segnitite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(AsO4)(AsO3OH)(OH)6 | 1 | 109513 | 134 | ||
| Stephanite (*) | None | Ag5SbS4 | 1 | 109514 | 586 | ||
| Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1 | 109513 | 1101 | ||
| Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 3 | 109512,109513,109514 | 5317 | ||
| Tripuhyite (*) | Rutile | Fe3+Sb5+O4 | 1 | 109513 | 66 |
| Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
|---|---|---|
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