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	Apatite	Baryte	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Diamond	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Monazite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palladium ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spessartine ()*	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: Al Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mn Na Nb O P Pb Pd Pt S Si Sn Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba Bi Ca Cr Fe H Mn Na Nb O Pd Pt S Si Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Apatite Baryte Beryl Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum
Diamond Epidote Feldspar Garnet Iron Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Monazite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Zircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	0		470
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	0		272
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	0		2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	252589,252625	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	252601	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	15	252579,252584,252585,252594,252595,252596,252602,252603,252607,252612,252619,252620,252627,252628,252645	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	252576,252580,252590,252601	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	252600,252630	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	252582	697
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	252580,252601	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	9	252576,252582,252592,252617,252635,252636,252638,252640,252642	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	252609	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	252615	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	0		1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5	252583,252609,252616,252621,252647	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	252651	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	252609,252615	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	0		88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	252601	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	0		915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	252589	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	252604	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	33	252575,252577,252583,252586,252589,252591,252593,252600,252606,252608,252609,252610,252611,252613,252614,252616,252618,252621,252622,252624,252625,252626,252630,252634,252639,252641,252645,252646,252647,252648,252649,252650,252651	17380
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	0		59
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	0		485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	252576,252580,252590,252601	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	252580	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	10	252575,252576,252580,252589,252590,252609,252621,252631,252646,252651	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	252651	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	0		353
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	252589,252651	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	0		1214
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040119	Rutherford Co., North Carolina, USA	https://rruff.info/R040119

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