Mineral Evolution Database

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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	Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chesterite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clinoclase ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Euchroite ()*
Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Enargite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

40 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
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	232228	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	232121	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			5	232109,232119,232218,232230,232241	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	910.38	910.38	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	232063,232098	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			12	232059,232068,232082,232086,232096,232124,232125,232156,232173,232191,232221,232238	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			4	232111,232218,232221,232238	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			8	232079,232119,232121,232217,232218,232222,232227,232241	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	232101	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	232191,232221,232228,232230	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			29	232066,232076,232079,232080,232081,232107,232109,232111,232112,232140,232142,232148,232152,232176,232177,232191,232217,232218,232219,232221,232222,232224,232225,232228,232230,232237,232238,232239,232241	27198
Chesterite ()*	None	Mg₁₇Si₂₀O₅₄(OH)₆	910.38	910.38	0		9
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			2	232063,232079	3531
Clinoclase ()*	None	Cu₃(AsO₄)(OH)₃	910.38	910.38	0		127
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			4	232062,232063,232218,232229	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	232152	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	232093	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	232065,232112,232121	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			5	232054,232062,232063,232221,232228	910
Euchroite ()*	None	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)·3H₂O			1	232063	24
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	232062	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			16	232089,232092,232093,232096,232097,232111,232140,232148,232152,232217,232221,232222,232225,232227,232228,232237	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	232121	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			55	232062,232066,232072,232073,232076,232077,232080,232081,232089,232090,232091,232128,232129,232131,232132,232133,232134,232135,232136,232137,232138,232139,232140,232141,232143,232144,232145,232146,232147,232150,232151,232152,232153,232154,232155,232156,232158,232161,232162,232165,232167,232171,232217,232218,232219,232221,232222,232224,232225,232226,232228,232230,232237,232238,232241	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			9	232079,232121,232125,232156,232173,232217,232218,232230,232241	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	232065	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	232068,232119	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			13	232062,232063,232079,232089,232093,232098,232107,232109,232142,232191,232221,232228,232238	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	232065,232121,232152,232230	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	232173	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			13	232062,232063,232066,232080,232081,232096,232107,232112,232121,232152,232156,232221,232228	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	232090	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	232096	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			29	232062,232063,232065,232066,232068,232072,232079,232080,232081,232090,232092,232093,232097,232116,232117,232118,232119,232121,232124,232152,232156,232217,232218,232221,232222,232227,232228,232230,232241	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	232221	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			4	232140,232151,232152,232156	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	232097,232228	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	232096,232140,232152,232228	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			5	232066,232076,232081,232098,232221	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	232068	5251

1 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
	USGS-Rb-Sr-03087	910.38	910.38	910.38	Rb-Sr			whole rock							165197	Torgelson Property, Nine Mile Mining District, Missoula Co., Montana, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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