Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Cristobalite	Digenite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Natroautunite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetrahedrite

Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mercury ()*	Meta-ankoleite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sabugalite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O P S Sb Si U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Cristobalite Digenite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Natroautunite None Pyrite Quartz Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	258425	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	258408,258414,258420,258432,258440	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	258381	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	258403,258432	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	258381,258428,258432	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	11	258361,258365,258378,258379,258381,258391,258402,258420,258428,258437,258446	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	7	258361,258373,258378,258381,258408,258420,258432	3531
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	25	258347,258358,258361,258373,258375,258381,258391,258396,258403,258408,258409,258414,258417,258420,258426,258427,258428,258432,258435,258436,258437,258440,258446,258450,258452	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3	258381,258432,258446	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	258425	453
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	258446	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	258391,258414,258437	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	258428	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	258428	14640
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	1	258456	123
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	9	258361,258365,258375,258381,258408,258409,258414,258432,258435	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	13	258358,258361,258373,258378,258381,258402,258408,258417,258420,258428,258432,258437,258446	12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	258426	397
Meta-ankoleite ()*	Natroautunite	K(UO₂)(PO₄)·3H₂O	1	258425	10
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	258379	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	6	258358,258361,258373,258381,258391,258414	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	258365,258378,258379,258417,258418,258428	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	20	258347,258358,258361,258373,258375,258378,258379,258381,258391,258396,258403,258408,258409,258417,258420,258426,258428,258435,258437,258446	61156
Sabugalite ()*	None	HAl(UO₂)₄(PO₄)₄·16H₂O	1	258425	87
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	258381,258446	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	258425	1059
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2	258346,258425	890

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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