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:
Alpha Mine (New Giroux Mine), Tripp-Veteran Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 111
Youngest recorded age at locality: 109

mindat Locality ID: 59516
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-59516.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alpha Mine (New Giroux Mine), Tripp-Veteran Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Alunite	Chalcanthite	Copper	Corundum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group

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 Cu Fe H K O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu Fe H K O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Chalcanthite Copper Corundum Malachite None Not in a structural group

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Azurite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*
Cuprite ()*	Delafossite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	111	109	5509
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	111	109	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	111	109	5707
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	111	109	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	111	109	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	111	109	2970
Delafossite ()*	None	Cu¹⁺Fe³⁺O₂	111	109	144
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	111	109	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	111	109	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	111	109	12537

1 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
	PorphCu-00121	111	109	111–109							Yes		Actinolite, Alunite, Andalusite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Diopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Goethite, Jarosite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tremolite, Wollastonite, Zunyite	Cu	59491	Ruth Pit, Robinson District, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA	Ely	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...