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. |
Amorphous | Calcite | Chalcopyrite | Clay | Copper | Feldspar | Melonite | Mica | Millerite | Molybdenite |
Nickeline | None | Pyrite | Pyroxene | Quartz | Rocksalt | Sphalerite | Spinel | Talc | Tetradymite |
Tetrahedrite |
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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Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153110 | 8803 |
Altaite (*) | Rocksalt | PbTe | 100 | 100 | 3 | 153104,153106,153110 | 489 |
Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153100 | 3092 |
Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153100 | 2060 |
Calaverite (*) | Melonite | AuTe2 | 100 | 100 | 3 | 153104,153106,153110 | 361 |
Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153100,153110 | 27198 |
Chlorargyrite (*) | Rocksalt | AgCl | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153106 | 1382 |
Coloradoite (*) | Sphalerite | HgTe | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153104,153110 | 169 |
Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153110 | 9895 |
Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 100 | 100 | 3 | 153100,153110,153118 | 24243 |
Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 100 | 100 | 22 | 153096,153097,153098,153099,153100,153101,153102,153103,153104,153106,153109,153110,153111,153113,153115,153116,153117,153118,153119,153120,153121,153122 | 30554 |
Graphite (*) | None | C | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153101 | 2812 |
Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153104,153110 | 804 |
Magnesite (*) | Calcite | Mg(CO3) | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153101 | 1487 |
Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153104 | 14899 |
Melonite (*) | Melonite | NiTe2 | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153104,153110 | 207 |
Millerite (*) | Millerite | NiS | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153104,153110 | 1066 |
Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153104 | 5800 |
Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153100,153108 | 17380 |
Nickeline (*) | Nickeline | NiAs | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153110 | 633 |
Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153110 | 2994 |
Petzite (*) | None | Ag3AuTe2 | 100 | 100 | 3 | 153104,153106,153110 | 409 |
Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 100 | 100 | 3 | 153100,153110,153118 | 39462 |
Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 100 | 100 | 19 | 153096,153097,153098,153099,153100,153101,153102,153103,153106,153110,153111,153115,153116,153117,153118,153119,153120,153121,153122 | 61156 |
Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153110 | 21482 |
Sylvanite (*) | Melonite | AgAuTe4 | 100 | 100 | 3 | 153104,153106,153110 | 337 |
Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 100 | 100 | 4 | 153100,153101,153104,153110 | 3337 |
Tellurium (*) | None | Te | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153104,153110 | 190 |
Tetradymite (*) | Tetradymite | Bi2Te2S | 100 | 100 | 2 | 153104,153106 | 510 |
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 100 | 100 | 1 | 153099 | 5317 |
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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Mo-00156 | 100 | 100 | Yes | Molybdenite | Mo | 16293 | Calaveras Co., California, USA | Calaveras County | Brock (1972) | 10.1130/0016-7606(1972)83[3391:GOGHSC]2.0.CO;2 | GSAB83_3391 |
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