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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote
Erionite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Epidote ()*	Erionite-K ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote
Erionite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite

23 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
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	261529	3092
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	14	12	2	261505,261521	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	14	12	6	261502,261503,261505,261513,261517,261521	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	14	12	18	261501,261502,261503,261504,261505,261508,261509,261510,261513,261517,261519,261520,261521,261526,261528,261529,261530,261533	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	261510	3531
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	14	12	5	261505,261520,261528,261530,261533	8173
Erionite-K ()*	Erionite	K₁₀[Si₂₆Al₁₀O₇₂]·30H₂O			1	261498	22
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	14	12	9	261502,261503,261504,261505,261508,261513,261519,261528,261529	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			2	261499,261572	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	261499	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	14	12	3	261505,261514,261528	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	261526,261530	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			7	261482,261483,261486,261543,261544,261545,261568	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	261499	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	261502,261510,261520	12537
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	7	2	1	261506	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	14	12	2	261505,261521	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	12	10	261501,261503,261504,261505,261508,261519,261520,261521,261526,261528	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	7	2	1	261506	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	27	2	19	261501,261502,261503,261504,261506,261507,261508,261509,261510,261513,261517,261519,261521,261524,261525,261526,261528,261529,261533	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	12	22	261482,261501,261502,261503,261504,261505,261507,261508,261509,261510,261513,261517,261519,261520,261521,261526,261528,261529,261530,261533,261544,261568	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14	12	16	261501,261503,261504,261505,261507,261508,261509,261510,261513,261517,261519,261526,261528,261529,261530,261533	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	14	12	1	261505	5317

19 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-7201	27	21	24±3		7201	149365	Halseth-Breitenbush Tuffstone Occurrence (Placer Claim), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-5973	14	12	13±1		5973	147662	Blue Jay (Part Of The Ruth Group), Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-5979	14	12	13±1		5979	66799	Bornite Breccia Pipe (Cedar Creek Breccia Pipe; Stony Ridge), Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-16339	6	2	4±2	plagioclase	16339	147743	Breitenbush Hot Springs Cinnabar Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7254	7	2	4+3/-2		7254	147743	Breitenbush Hot Springs Cinnabar Occurrence, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-5978	14	12	13±1		5978	150097	Lower Granger And Shilo Occurrence (Part Of The Santiam Group), Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10959	65	1.8	33.4±31.6		10959	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-10962	65	1.8	33.4±31.6		10962	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34479	13.2	10.8	12±1.2		34479	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34480	13.2	10.8	12±1.2		34480	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34481	13.2	10.8	12±1.2		34481	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34482	13.2	10.8	12±1.2		34482	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-34483	13.2	10.8	12±1.2		34483	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-60035	13.2	10.8	12±1.2		60035	150372	Mineral Cut Prospect, Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7204	27	21	24±3		7204	151388	Russell - Ritter Mine (Humbug), Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-7234	11	10	10+1/-0		7234	151388	Russell - Ritter Mine (Humbug), Santiam District (Elkhorn District), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-50854	19	14	16+3/-2		50854	153081	Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Quarry (MRDS - 10274401), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-50855	19	14	16+3/-2		50855	153081	Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Quarry (MRDS - 10274401), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-60113	19	14	16+3/-2		60113	153081	Unnamed Stone - Crushed/Broken Quarry (MRDS - 10274401), Marion Co., Oregon, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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