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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Ludwigite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Ludwigite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	144172	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	144150,144152,144153,144154,144167,144172	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	144149	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	144150,144153,144172	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	144150,144153,144154,144156,144167,144170,144172,144179,144180,144187	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	144172	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	144150,144172	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	144129,144154,144170,144172,144180,144181,144182,144183,144184,144190	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	144124	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	144162,144172	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	144172,144183	14640
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	144151	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	144172	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	144172,144187	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	144154,144172	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	144172,144190	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	144153,144154,144156,144172,144187	39462
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	144136,144137,144150,144153,144170	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	144124	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070764	Tucson, Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District), Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R070764
R110123	Tucson, Oracle District (Control District; Old Hat District; Santa Catalina District), Santa Catalina Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA	https://rruff.info/R110123

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