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 |
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Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 1 | 3554 | 2793 | ||
Aramayoite (*) | Aramayoite | Ag3Sb2(Bi,Sb)S6 | 1 | 3554 | 29 | ||
Argentotennantite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Ag6(Cu4Zn2)As4S13 | 1 | 3554 | 14 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 3554,3555 | 9052 | ||
Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 5509 |
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 2 | 3551,3558 | 11547 | ||
Betekhtinite (*) | None | (Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 45 |
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 2 | 3551,3552 | 5516 |
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 1 | 3554 | 1089 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 3 | 3551,3554,3558 | 27770 | ||
Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 2 | 3554,3555 | 5171 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 5707 |
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 6 | 3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3559 | 27198 |
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 145.5 | 65.5 | 2 | 3552,3559 | 4165 |
Cryptomelane (*) | Coronadite | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 | 1 | 3558 | 599 | ||
Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 2970 |
Delafossite (*) | None | Cu1+Fe3+O2 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 144 |
Dickite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 3554 | 651 | ||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 1027 |
Enargite (*) | Enargite Wurtzite | Cu3AsS4 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 3 | 3552,3554,3556 | 910 |
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1 | 3554 | 8173 | ||
Ferrokësterite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu2FeSnS4 | 3 | 3554,3555,3556 | 13 | ||
Freibergite (*) | Tetrahedrite | Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12 | 2 | 3554,3556 | 663 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 145.5 | 65.5 | 5 | 3551,3552,3554,3555,3556 | 24243 |
Giessenite (*) | Kobellite | (Cu,Fe)2Pb26.4(Bi,Sb)19.6S57 | 1 | 3554 | 18 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 1 | 3554 | 7437 | ||
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 145.5 | 65.5 | 3 | 3551,3552,3554 | 30554 |
Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 2 | 3554,3555 | 717 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 4 | 3551,3552,3554,3558 | 14640 |
Hübnerite (*) | Columbite | Mn2+(WO4) | 2 | 3554,3555 | 469 | ||
Idaite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3FeS4 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 142 |
Izoklakeite (*) | Kobellite | Pb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57 | 1 | 3554 | 25 | ||
Kalinite (*) | None | KAl(SO4)2·11H2O | 1 | 3554 | 54 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 2 | 3554,3558 | 5591 | ||
Kësterite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu2ZnSnS4 | 1 | 3554 | 82 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 12537 |
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 5800 |
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 3554 | 17380 | ||
Nacrite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 3554 | 112 | ||
Natroalunite (*) | Alunite | NaAl3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 3554 | 128 | ||
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1 | 3558 | 2994 | ||
Ourayite (*) | Lillianite | Ag3Pb4Bi5S13 | 1 | 3554 | 24 | ||
Owyheeite (*) | Owyheeite | Ag3Pb10Sb11S28 | 1 | 3554 | 89 | ||
Plumbojarosite (*) | Alunite | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 3554 | 477 | ||
Plumbonacrite (*) | None | Pb5(CO3)3O(OH)2 | 1 | 3554 | 13 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 7 | 3551,3552,3554,3555,3556,3558,3559 | 39462 |
Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 1 | 3558 | 3106 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 1 | 3554 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 145.5 | 65.5 | 4 | 3551,3552,3554,3558 | 61156 |
Rhodonite (*) | Rhodonite | CaMn3Mn(Si5O15) | 1 | 3554 | 969 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 6417 |
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1 | 3554 | 5186 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 145.5 | 65.5 | 5 | 3551,3552,3554,3555,3556 | 21482 |
Stannite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu2FeSnS4 | 2 | 3554,3555 | 668 | ||
Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 145.5 | 65.5 | 1 | 3552 | 1101 |
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 2 | 3551,3554 | 5317 | ||
Uraninite (*) | Fluorite | UO2 | 1 | 3559 | 2718 | ||
Wollastonite (*) | Wollastonite | CaSiO3 | 1 | 3554 | 1247 | ||
Wurtzite (*) | Wurtzite | ZnS | 1 | 3554 | 372 |
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 | |
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PorphCu-00045 | 145.5 | 65.5 | Cretaceous | Betekhtinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Cuprite, Delafossite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite, Electrum | Cu | 14000 | La Leona Mine, Tres Cerros, Deseado Massif, Deseado Department, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina | Bajo de la Leona | Singer et al. (2008) | USGSOFR2008_1155 |
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