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	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite
Epidote	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Turquoise

Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Mo O P Pb S Si V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite
Epidote Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Turquoise

24 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
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	69	66	1	144782	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	69	66	3	144757,144760,144761	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	69	66	1	144757	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	69	66	5	144757,144761,144766,144810,144811	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	69	66	18	144763,144767,144769,144772,144773,144776,144777,144778,144785,144786,144787,144788,144789,144791,144793,144803,144806,144814	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	69	66	17	144757,144759,144763,144769,144770,144780,144786,144795,144796,144799,144800,144805,144806,144807,144808,144809,144814	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	69	66	19	144758,144759,144763,144764,144765,144767,144769,144771,144774,144775,144776,144777,144778,144781,144782,144794,144795,144798,144812	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	69	66	1	144767	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	69	66	1	144797	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	69	66	3	144758,144761,144812	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	69	66	7	144758,144761,144808,144809,144812,144813,144815	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	69	66	1	144757	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	69	66	1	144794	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	69	66	1	144808	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	69	66	19	144757,144759,144762,144763,144764,144765,144767,144771,144772,144774,144784,144792,144793,144800,144801,144802,144805,144812,144815	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	69	66	3	144805,144806,144807	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	69	66	17	144757,144758,144770,144772,144777,144788,144791,144796,144798,144799,144800,144806,144807,144808,144809,144814,144815	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	69	66	28	144757,144758,144759,144760,144761,144764,144766,144770,144772,144773,144777,144778,144788,144789,144791,144794,144795,144796,144799,144800,144804,144806,144807,144808,144809,144813,144814,144815	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	69	66	1	144810	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	69	66	5	144809,144812,144813,144814,144815	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	69	66	1	144795	1101
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	69	66	3	144787,144788,144791	484
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	69	66	1	144813	605
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	69	66	2	144758,144813	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
	PorphCu-00087	69	66	69-66							Yes		Actinolite, Chalcanthite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite, Diopside, Epidote, Jarosite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Tenorite, Wollastonite	Cu	31299	Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	Silver Bell	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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