Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Gypsum	Hewettite	Marcasite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hewettite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metahewettite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O V

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Gypsum Hewettite Marcasite None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

19 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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			14	256704,256710,256714,256732,256734,256737,256738,256740,256741,256745,256748,256752,256777,256781	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	256708,256748	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	256755	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			36	256696,256701,256704,256705,256706,256709,256710,256711,256714,256716,256732,256733,256734,256735,256736,256737,256738,256739,256740,256741,256742,256747,256750,256751,256752,256754,256755,256762,256764,256766,256768,256777,256779,256780,256781,256793	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	256748	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	256748	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	256792	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	256701,256716	6890
Hewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·9H₂O	53.8	0.01	0		58
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	256754	2228
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			4	256701,256732,256739,256741	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	256780	397
Metahewettite ()*	Hewettite	CaV⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O			1	256792	56
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			4	256733,256741,256747,256792	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			13	256708,256710,256711,256716,256732,256736,256738,256739,256740,256747,256748,256754,256793	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			20	256694,256704,256709,256710,256714,256732,256733,256737,256738,256741,256745,256747,256748,256777,256779,256780,256782,256788,256792,256796	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	256748	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	256748	5317
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	256713	890

3 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-22624	5.3	0.01	2.66+2.64/-2.65	22624	150991	Prineville Bentonite, Crook Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-31300	53.8	37.4	45.6±8.2	31300	151158	Rainbow Ridge Mine, Crook Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-22686	5.3	0.01	2.66+2.64/-2.65	22686	152701	Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Pit (MRDS - 10177086), Crook Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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