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.

Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Analcime ()*	Ankerite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tridymite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			2	229842,229843	1022
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	229842,229843	1627
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	229842	3092
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			2	229842,229843	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	229856	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			4	229773,229792,229793,229842	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	229773,229792,229793,229842,229856	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	229856	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	229773,229787,229794	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			3	229842,229921,229922	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	229842	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	229842	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	229856	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	229843	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			5	229769,229773,229787,229792,229794	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	55	45	0		30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	229842	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	229842	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	229856	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	229843	4924
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	229843	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	229792	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	229842	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			7	229769,229787,229792,229793,229794,229835,229842	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	229842	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	229773,229792,229793,229856	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	229773,229792,229793	1711
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	229792	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	229918	4894
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	229856	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			7	229769,229773,229787,229792,229793,229794,229795	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	229842	1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	229773,229792,229794	5317
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl			1	229856	605
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	229842,229843	5251

13 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-126591	55	45	50±5	126591	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126592	55	45	50±5	126592	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126593	55	45	50±5	126593	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126594	55	45	50±5	126594	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126595	55	45	50±5	126595	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126596	55	45	50±5	126596	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126597	55	45	50±5	126597	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126598	55	45	50±5	126598	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126599	55	45	50±5	126599	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126600	55	45	50±5	126600	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126601	55	45	50±5	126601	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126602	55	45	50±5	126602	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-126603	55	45	50±5	126603	165547	Unnamed Clay (MRDS - 10294814), Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060020	Yogo Gulch, Yogo District, Little Belt Mts, Judith Basin Co., Montana, USA	https://rruff.info/R060020

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