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	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Beryl	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Augite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Edenite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Beryl Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Copper Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Malachite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Topaz Zircon

50 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1730	1690	1	190458	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	190502	1022
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	190489,190494	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	190488,190489,190496	718
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	190457	2060
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2500	1600	1	190456	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2500	1600	1	190456	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	2500	1600	1	190456	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			4	190490,190494,190508,190509	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1730	1690	2	190458,190494	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	190490,190494,190508,190509	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	190470,190490,190494,190496,190508,190509	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			4	190458,190459,190470,190484	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	190489	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			5	190492,190493,190518,190520,190521	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			3	190453,190489,190495	1008
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	190489	327
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	190508	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	190457	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	190489	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			9	190448,190458,190460,190465,190466,190468,190473,190479,190485	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄			5	190489,190494,190495,190496,190508	445
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	190489,190496	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	190454,190510,190524	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	190488	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	190485	6890
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)			1	190485	123
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			4	190458,190459,190470,190484	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	190511	770
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	190485	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	190508	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	190470,190479,190481	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	190458,190465	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	190440,190453	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	190457	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	190489	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			7	190458,190466,190479,190485,190489,190502,190508	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	190489	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	190489,190494	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			10	190453,190458,190465,190466,190479,190485,190489,190494,190496,190508	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			2	190453,190489	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	190518,190520,190521	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	190489	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	190489,190494	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	190457,190489	1934
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	190453	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	190458,190483	2562
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			6	190467,190474,190475,190483,190507,190530	652
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	190450	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	190450	5251

2 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
	sedexmvt-00230	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic		host rock age									133832	Cummins City, North Park, Jackson Co., Colorado, USA	North Park	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	USGS-Rb-Sr-07118	1730	1690	1710±20	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion		whole rock							114624	Unknown Fluorine - Fluorite Occurrence (MRDS - 10288530), Northgate District, Jackson Co., Colorado, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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