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 | 2 | 97079,97080 | 2793 | ||
Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 97091 | 3419 | ||
Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 2 | 97091,97092 | 8803 | ||
Aluminocopiapite (*) | Copiapite | (Al,Mg)Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH,O)2·20H2O | 1 | 97090 | 50 | ||
Alunogen (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2(SO4)3(H2O)12·5H2O | 1 | 97090 | 272 | ||
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 1 | 97079 | 3092 | ||
Arsenic (*) | Arsenic | As | 1 | 97075 | 379 | ||
Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 2 | 97076,97082 | 9052 | ||
Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 4 | 97078,97079,97080,97083 | 11547 | ||
Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 2 | 97075,97076 | 1966 | ||
Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 1 | 97076 | 1935 | ||
Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 5 | 97076,97079,97082,97083,97090 | 5516 | ||
Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 1 | 97090 | 843 | ||
Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 1 | 97090 | 1089 | ||
Cadmium (*) | None | Cd | 1 | 97075 | 6 | ||
Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 8 | 97078,97079,97082,97083,97089,97090,97091,97092 | 27770 | ||
Cassiterite (*) | Rutile | SnO2 | 2 | 97075,97076 | 5171 | ||
Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 1 | 97083 | 4979 | ||
Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 4 | 97076,97082,97083,97090 | 5707 | ||
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 8 | 97075,97076,97079,97082,97083,97087,97090,97092 | 27198 | ||
Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 2 | 97075,97082 | 3531 | ||
Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 1 | 97076 | 966 | ||
Copiapite (*) | Copiapite | Fe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 1 | 97092 | 382 | ||
Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 2 | 97075,97090 | 3846 | ||
Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 3 | 97076,97083,97090 | 4165 | ||
Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 1 | 97083 | 1027 | ||
Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1 | 97092 | 4135 | ||
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 2 | 97090,97092 | 9895 | ||
Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 2 | 97091,97092 | 8173 | ||
Epsomite (*) | Epsomite | Mg(SO4)·7H2O | 2 | 97090,97092 | 484 | ||
Ferrihydrite (*) | Nolanite | Fe3+10O14(OH)2 | 1 | 97090 | 86 | ||
Fibroferrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Fe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O | 2 | 97090,97092 | 107 | ||
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 5 | 97076,97080,97083,97090,97092 | 24243 | ||
Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 3 | 97082,97090,97092 | 7437 | ||
Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 2 | 97090,97092 | 6890 | ||
Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 2 | 97090,97092 | 409 | ||
Harmotome (*) | Harmotome | Ba2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O | 1 | 97079 | 290 | ||
Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 2 | 97090,97091 | 14640 | ||
Idaite (*) | Stannite Sphalerite | Cu3FeS4 | 1 | 97090 | 142 | ||
Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 2 | 97090,97091 | 5433 | ||
Jamesonite (*) | None | Pb4FeSb6S14 | 1 | 97090 | 784 | ||
Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1 | 97092 | 2228 | ||
Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 1 | 97092 | 5591 | ||
Lead (*) | Copper | Pb | 1 | 97075 | 192 | ||
Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 1 | 97090 | 581 | ||
Löllingite (*) | Löllingite | FeAs2 | 1 | 97076 | 762 | ||
Magnesio-hornblende (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 97091 | 238 | ||
Magnesiocopiapite (*) | Copiapite | MgFe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 2 | 97090,97092 | 54 | ||
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 2 | 97075,97090 | 14899 | ||
Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 2 | 97082,97083 | 12537 | ||
Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 4 | 97075,97076,97087,97090 | 5674 | ||
Mawsonite (*) | None | Cu6Fe2SnS8 | 1 | 97076 | 92 | ||
Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 1 | 97090 | 915 | ||
Mottramite (*) | Descloizite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) | 1 | 97078 | 362 | ||
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 2 | 97083,97092 | 17380 | ||
Nickeline (*) | Nickeline | NiAs | 1 | 97079 | 633 | ||
Gersdorffite-Pa3 (*) | Pyrite | NiAsS | 1 | 97076 | 767 | ||
Paragonite (*) | Mica Clay | NaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1 | 97092 | 247 | ||
Pickeringite (*) | Halotrichite | MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | 2 | 97090,97092 | 265 | ||
Polybasite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7] | 1 | 97079 | 716 | ||
Proustite (*) | None | Ag3AsS3 | 2 | 97079,97080 | 733 | ||
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 7 | 97075,97076,97082,97083,97087,97090,97092 | 39462 | ||
Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 3 | 97075,97076,97090 | 9056 | ||
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 8 | 97075,97076,97082,97083,97087,97090,97091,97092 | 61156 | ||
Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 2 | 97076,97090 | 5614 | ||
Safflorite (*) | Löllingite | CoAs2 | 1 | 97076 | 317 | ||
Schwertmannite (*) | Coronadite | Fe3+16O16(OH)9.6(SO4)3.2·10H2O | 1 | 97090 | 37 | ||
Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 2 | 97079,97090 | 6417 | ||
Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 4 | 97075,97078,97079,97082 | 5186 | ||
Skutterudite (*) | Skutterudite Perovskite | CoAs3 | 2 | 97079,97080 | 531 | ||
Slavíkite (*) | Not in a structural group | (H3O)3Mg6Fe15(SO4)21(OH)18·98H2O | 2 | 97090,97092 | 44 | ||
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 4 | 97075,97076,97090,97092 | 21482 | ||
Stromeyerite (*) | None | CuAgS | 2 | 97079,97082 | 332 | ||
Tennantite-(Fe) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13 | 3 | 97076,97083,97090 | 1803 | ||
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 4 | 97076,97079,97083,97090 | 5317 | ||
Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 2 | 97090,97091 | 4899 | ||
Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1 | 97076 | 2562 | ||
Tschermakite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1 | 97091 | 73 | ||
Vermiculite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O | 1 | 97092 | 652 | ||
Wittichenite (*) | None | Cu3BiS3 | 1 | 97076 | 297 |
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