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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Caledonite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Enargite
Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Wurtzite

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Caledonite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sodalite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Caledonite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Enargite
Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Wurtzite

22 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	186884	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	186928	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	186893	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	186946	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	186909	27770
Caledonite ()*	Caledonite	Cu₂Pb₅(SO₄)₃(CO₃)(OH)₆			1	186893	359
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	186928	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	73	60	18	186854,186868,186872,186883,186892,186898,186908,186913,186926,186928,186929,186933,186936,186945,186961,186963,186964,186965	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	186946	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	186884	1008
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	186954	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	73	60	9	186854,186866,186885,186893,186906,186908,186926,186928,186929	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	73	60	29	186859,186868,186870,186872,186873,186883,186908,186913,186916,186917,186926,186927,186928,186929,186936,186945,186961,186963,186964,186965,186976,186977,186979,186980,186981,186982,186984,186985,186986	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	186885,186928	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	186928	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			4	186928,186963,186964,186965	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	73	60	19	186854,186868,186872,186883,186885,186893,186894,186898,186906,186908,186913,186926,186928,186929,186936,186940,186963,186964,186965	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	73	60	19	186854,186868,186872,186883,186885,186894,186898,186906,186908,186913,186926,186928,186929,186936,186940,186954,186963,186964,186965	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			5	186928,186936,186963,186964,186965	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	73	60	22	186859,186870,186873,186908,186913,186916,186917,186927,186928,186945,186961,186976,186977,186979,186980,186981,186982,186984,186985,186986,186987,186988	5186
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl			1	186884	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	73	60	5	186885,186906,186908,186928,186929	21482

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
	NAVDAT-128194	70	60	65±5					128194						111404	Hidden Treasure, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT
	NAVDAT-19671	73	63	68±5					19671						111404	Hidden Treasure, Upper Union District (Empire District), Clear Creek Co., Colorado, USA		NAVDAT		NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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