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.


Locality Name:
Anna-Madeleine Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France

Oldest recorded age at locality: 35
Youngest recorded age at locality: 35

mindat Locality ID: 56923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-56923.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Extension

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anna-Madeleine Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, France": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°13'50"S
Longitude: 166°50'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -22.230555555556,166.84916666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClinozoisiteEpidoteGarnetNoneOlivinePyroxeneQuartzSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uvarovite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3353501534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3535027770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4353503902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6353504135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2353509895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)353508173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)353501188
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23535061156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2353502562
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)335350212
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)353501025



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
podchrome-009683535Late Eocene       Cr56923Anna-Madeleine Mine, Mont-Dore Commune, Southern Province, New Caledonia, FranceAnna-MadeleineMoiser et al. (2012) USGSSIR2012_5157 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL


All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...