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| 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. |
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acanthite (*) | Acanthite | Ag2S | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11205 | 2793 |
| Actinolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1575 | 922 | 12 | 11165,11166,11179,11195,11235,11239,11259,11260,11262,11265,11267,11270 | 3419 |
| Alabandite (*) | Rocksalt | MnS | 1670 | 1665 | 1 | 11163 | 312 |
| Albite (*) | Feldspar | Na(AlSi3O8) | 1670 | 1432 | 17 | 11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11174,11175,11187,11192,11235,11249,11254,11255,11259,11260,11262,11267 | 8803 |
| Allanite-(Ce) (*) | Allanite Epidote | CaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1575 | 1432 | 2 | 11235,11259 | 706 |
| Allargentum (*) | Allargentum | Ag1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16) | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 69 | |
| Alloclasite (*) | Löllingite | CoAsS | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11173,11175,11256 | 56 |
| Almandine (*) | Garnet | Fe2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1575 | 1490 | 4 | 11174,11218,11249,11259 | 2353 |
| Andalusite (*) | Andalusite | Al2SiO5 | 1575 | 1462 | 4 | 11165,11218,11249,11259 | 1310 |
| Andradite (*) | Garnet | Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 | 1575 | 1432 | 2 | 11235,11259 | 1534 |
| Anglesite (*) | Baryte | Pb(SO4) | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11164,11175 | 2734 |
| Anhydrite (*) | Not in a structural group | Ca(SO4) | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11250,11267 | 1588 |
| Ankerite (*) | None | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 | 1575 | 1432 | 3 | 11173,11206,11235 | 3092 |
| Roselite-β (*) | Fairfieldite | Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O | 1530 | 1500 | 1 | 11192 | 21 |
| Antarcticite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaCl2·6H2O | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 11 |
| Anthophyllite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11243 | 718 |
| Antlerite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2+3(SO4)(OH)4 | 1575 | 1490 | 4 | 11161,11188,11189,11215 | 246 |
| Arsenopyrite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeAsS | 1670 | 1462 | 12 | 11161,11163,11165,11170,11173,11174,11175,11192,11256,11257,11265,11268 | 9052 |
| Atacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu2Cl(OH)3 | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11166,11253,11256 | 544 |
| Augite (*) | Pyroxene | (Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6 | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11187,11259,11265 | 2060 |
| Axinite-(Fe) (*) | Axinite | Ca4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2 | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 260 |
| Azurite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 1575 | 470 | 21 | 11161,11166,11170,11171,11173,11175,11176,11179,11190,11192,11194,11207,11215,11219,11233,11237,11239,11245,11256,11257,11259 | 5509 |
| Barlowite (*) | Claringbullite | Cu4BrF(OH)6 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 1 |
| Baryte (*) | Baryte | Ba(SO4) | 1670 | 1462 | 12 | 11161,11163,11164,11165,11170,11175,11176,11179,11205,11207,11255,11259 | 11547 |
| Bastnäsite-(Ce) (*) | Bastnäsite | Ce(CO3)F | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11265 | 304 |
| Bastnäsite-(La) (*) | Bastnäsite | La(CO3)F | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11164,11175 | 30 |
| Beyerite (*) | Bismutite | CaBi2O2(CO3)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11173 | 96 |
| Bismuth (*) | Arsenic | Bi | 1575 | 1462 | 4 | 11165,11170,11195,11265 | 1966 |
| Bismuthinite (*) | Stibnite | Bi2S3 | 1575 | 1462 | 4 | 11165,11170,11173,11265 | 1935 |
| Bismutite (*) | Bismutite | Bi2O2(CO3) | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11173 | 716 |
| Bixbyite (*) | Bixbyite | Mn3+2O3 | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 104 |
| Bornite (*) | None | Cu5FeS4 | 1575 | 1490 | 12 | 11179,11190,11195,11206,11207,11234,11236,11250,11252,11257,11259,11267 | 5516 |
| Boulangerite (*) | None | Pb5Sb4S11 | 1670 | 1665 | 1 | 11163 | 843 |
| Bournonite (*) | Bournonite | CuPbSbS3 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 1089 | |
| Brannerite (*) | Brannerite | UTi2O6 | 1575 | 1462 | 2 | 11165,11231 | 248 |
| Brochantite (*) | Brochantite | Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 | 1575 | 1490 | 8 | 11161,11166,11175,11181,11207,11215,11253,11256 | 1633 |
| Bustamite (*) | Wollastonite | Mn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2 | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 101 |
| Buttgenbachite (*) | Connellite | Cu36(NO3)2Cl8(OH)62·nH2O | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11166,11168 | 13 |
| Cacoxenite (*) | None | Fe3+24AlO6(PO4)17(OH)12·75H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 280 | |
| Calcite (*) | Calcite | Ca(CO3) | 1670 | 470 | 33 | 11163,11164,11165,11166,11168,11170,11171,11173,11174,11175,11179,11187,11192,11195,11206,11207,11230,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239,11243,11245,11250,11254,11255,11259,11260,11262,11265,11267,11270 | 27770 |
| Carnotite (*) | None | K2(UO2)2(VO4)2·3H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11238 | 1184 |
| Cerussite (*) | Aragonite | Pb(CO3) | 2500 | 1600 | 1 | 11264 | 4979 |
| Chalcanthite (*) | Chalcanthite | Cu(SO4)·5H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11237 | 925 |
| Chalcocite (*) | None | Cu2S | 1575 | 1490 | 17 | 11166,11170,11173,11179,11192,11195,11236,11237,11239,11243,11245,11250,11252,11257,11259,11267,11268 | 5707 |
| Chalcophanite (*) | None | ZnMn4+3O7·3H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11174 | 197 |
| Chalcopyrite (*) | Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 | 2500 | 470 | 36 | 11161,11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11171,11173,11174,11175,11179,11187,11192,11195,11206,11207,11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239,11243,11245,11250,11252,11255,11257,11258,11259,11262,11264,11265,11267,11268,11270 | 27198 |
| Chenevixite (*) | Chenevixite | CuFe3+(AsO4)(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11161 | 90 |
| Chlorargyrite (*) | Rocksalt | AgCl | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11205 | 1382 |
| Chrysocolla (*) | Allophane | (Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O | 1575 | 470 | 22 | 11161,11166,11171,11173,11175,11176,11177,11181,11194,11215,11230,11232,11235,11236,11237,11239,11243,11252,11253,11256,11257,11267 | 3531 |
| Claringbullite (*) | Claringbullite | Cu2+4FCl(OH)6 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 13 |
| Clinoclase (*) | None | Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11161,11256 | 127 |
| Cloncurryite (*) | None | Cu0.5(VO)0.5Al2(PO4)2F2·5H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 1 |
| Cobaltite (*) | Cobaltite | CoAsS | 1575 | 1462 | 12 | 11161,11165,11173,11187,11192,11206,11207,11255,11256,11257,11265,11268 | 966 |
| Coffinite (*) | Zircon | U(SiO4)·nH2O | 1575 | 1462 | 1 | 11165 | 566 |
| Conichalcite (*) | Adelite | CaCu(AsO4)(OH) | 1575 | 1490 | 4 | 11161,11170,11192,11256 | 363 |
| Connellite (*) | Connellite | Cu36(SO4)(OH)62Cl8·6H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11166,11168,11175 | 295 |
| Copper (*) | Copper | Cu | 1575 | 470 | 16 | 11161,11165,11166,11168,11171,11173,11176,11179,11192,11207,11235,11239,11256,11257,11259,11267 | 3846 |
| Coquimbite (*) | Coquimbite | AlFe3(SO4)6(H2O)12·6H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 136 | |
| Cordierite (*) | Beryl | Mg2Al4Si5O18 | 1575 | 1462 | 3 | 11165,11243,11249 | 1008 |
| Corkite (*) | Alunite | PbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 | 2500 | 1490 | 2 | 11200,11264 | 151 |
| Cornetite (*) | None | Cu3(PO4)(OH)3 | 1575 | 1490 | 4 | 11161,11166,11215,11256 | 26 |
| Coronadite (*) | Coronadite | Pb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 | 2500 | 1490 | 2 | 11174,11264 | 227 |
| Corundum (*) | Corundum | Al2O3 | 1575 | 1432 | 2 | 11216,11229 | 1797 |
| Costibite (*) | Löllingite | CoSbS | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 19 | |
| Covellite (*) | Covellite | CuS | 1575 | 1490 | 7 | 11161,11170,11192,11205,11239,11257,11267 | 4165 |
| Creedite (*) | None | Ca3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11175 | 48 |
| Cryptomelane (*) | Coronadite | K(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11200 | 599 |
| Cubanite (*) | Cubanite Wurtzite | CuFe2S3 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 802 | |
| Cummingtonite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11187 | 327 |
| Cuprite (*) | Not in a structural group | Cu2O | 1575 | 470 | 18 | 11166,11168,11170,11171,11173,11176,11177,11179,11207,11235,11237,11239,11245,11252,11256,11257,11259,11267 | 2970 |
| Cuprotungstite (*) | None | Cu2+3(WO4)2(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11160 | 67 |
| Davidite-(La) (*) | Crichtonite | La(Y,U)Fe2(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)18(O,OH,F)38 | 1414 | 922 | 1 | 11270 | 31 |
| Delafossite (*) | None | Cu1+Fe3+O2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 144 |
| Dietrichite (*) | Halotrichite | ZnAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 15 | |
| Digenite (*) | Digenite | Cu1.8S | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11166,11207,11239 | 1027 |
| Diopside (*) | Pyroxene | CaMgSi2O6 | 1575 | 1432 | 4 | 11165,11235,11259,11260 | 4135 |
| Djurleite (*) | None | Cu31S16 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11166,11207 | 300 |
| Dolomite (*) | None | CaMg(CO3)2 | 1670 | 470 | 5 | 11163,11166,11170,11171,11235 | 9895 |
| Dyscrasite (*) | Allargentum | Ag3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2) | 1670 | 1665 | 1 | 11163 | 180 |
| Epidote (*) | Epidote Clinozoisite | Ca2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH) | 1670 | 1432 | 10 | 11163,11165,11173,11174,11175,11187,11192,11235,11239,11259 | 8173 |
| Erythrite (*) | Vivianite | Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 4 | 11161,11192,11207,11256 | 814 |
| Fayalite (*) | Olivine | Fe2+2(SiO4) | 2500 | 1600 | 1 | 11264 | 371 |
| Ferricopiapite (*) | Copiapite | Fe3+0.67Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 41 | |
| Fluorapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3F | 1575 | 1432 | 6 | 11192,11206,11235,11255,11259,11265 | 2740 |
| Fluorite (*) | Fluorite | CaF2 | 1670 | 1432 | 8 | 11163,11164,11165,11170,11174,11175,11235,11259 | 9617 |
| Gahnite (*) | Spinel | ZnAl2O4 | 2500 | 1600 | 1 | 11264 | 445 |
| Galena (*) | Rocksalt | PbS | 2500 | 1462 | 11 | 11161,11163,11164,11165,11174,11175,11192,11200,11207,11257,11264 | 24243 |
| Gedrite (*) | Amphibole | Mg2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11249 | 178 |
| Geerite (*) | None | Cu8S5 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11170 | 38 |
| Gerhardtite (*) | None | Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11166,11168 | 24 |
| Glaucodot (*) | Arsenopyrite | (Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS | 1575 | 1462 | 3 | 11165,11192,11207 | 131 |
| Goethite (*) | Diaspore | FeO(OH) | 2500 | 1490 | 16 | 11161,11163,11166,11170,11173,11174,11176,11179,11192,11200,11207,11236,11237,11239,11259,11264 | 7437 |
| Gold (*) | Copper | Au | 1575 | 1462 | 13 | 11161,11165,11166,11170,11173,11175,11176,11179,11195,11199,11250,11259,11267 | 30554 |
| Graphite (*) | None | C | 2500 | 1490 | 4 | 11163,11174,11259,11264 | 2812 |
| Greenalite (*) | Clay Serpentine | (Fe2+,Fe3+)2-3Si2O5(OH)4 | 2500 | 1600 | 1 | 11264 | 61 |
| Greenockite (*) | Wurtzite | CdS | 1575 | 1462 | 1 | 11165 | 717 |
| Grossular (*) | Garnet | Ca3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1575 | 1432 | 2 | 11174,11235 | 1544 |
| Grunerite (*) | Amphibole | Fe2+2Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)2 | 2500 | 1600 | 1 | 11264 | 223 |
| Gudmundite (*) | Arsenopyrite | FeSbS | 1670 | 1665 | 1 | 11163 | 170 |
| Gypsum (*) | Gypsum | Ca(SO4)·2H2O | 1670 | 1490 | 5 | 11163,11181,11207,11239,11259 | 6890 |
| Halite (*) | Rocksalt | NaCl | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 1398 |
| Halotrichite (*) | Halotrichite | Fe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11170 | 409 |
| Hastingsite (*) | Amphibole | NaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11239,11262 | 209 |
| Hedenbergite (*) | Pyroxene | CaFe2+Si2O6 | 2500 | 1432 | 4 | 11174,11187,11235,11264 | 741 |
| Hematite (*) | Corundum | Fe2O3 | 2500 | 922 | 29 | 11161,11163,11165,11166,11170,11173,11174,11175,11179,11184,11187,11191,11192,11195,11200,11214,11222,11233,11235,11237,11238,11239,11243,11245,11250,11259,11264,11267,11270 | 14640 |
| Hemimorphite (*) | Not in a structural group | Zn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 1689 | |
| Hentschelite (*) | Lazulite | CuFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 20 |
| Hessite (*) | None | Ag2Te | 1575 | 1462 | 1 | 11165 | 804 |
| Heterogenite (*) | None | Co3+O(OH) | 1575 | 1490 | 4 | 11161,11170,11192,11256 | 111 |
| Hexahydrite (*) | Hexahydrite | Mg(SO4)·6H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 251 | |
| Hinsdalite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6 | 2500 | 1600 | 1 | 11264 | 82 |
| Hörnesite (*) | Vivianite | Mg3(AsO4)2·8H2O | 1530 | 1500 | 1 | 11192 | 103 |
| Huntite (*) | Not in a structural group | CaMg3(CO3)4 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 69 | |
| Hydrocerussite (*) | None | Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 201 | |
| Hydroxylapatite (*) | Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3OH | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11166,11210 | 367 |
| Hydrozincite (*) | None | Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11175 | 1066 |
| Ilmenite (*) | Corundum | Fe2+Ti4+O3 | 1575 | 922 | 7 | 11184,11191,11207,11238,11255,11265,11270 | 5433 |
| Jarosite (*) | Alunite | KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1670 | 1490 | 2 | 11163,11175 | 2228 |
| Kaolinite (*) | Clay Kaolinite | Al2Si2O5(OH)4 | 2500 | 1490 | 6 | 11163,11189,11200,11232,11245,11264 | 5591 |
| Kieserite (*) | Kieserite | Mg(SO4)·H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 80 | |
| Kornelite (*) | Not in a structural group | Fe3+2(SO4)3·7H2O (?) | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 21 | |
| Kyanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2OSiO4 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11249 | 1507 |
| Lanthanite-(Ce) (*) | Lanthanite | Ce2(CO3)3·8H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11255 | 16 |
| Lavendulan (*) | None | NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl·5H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11256 | 149 |
| Leadhillite (*) | None | Pb4(SO4)(CO3)2(OH)2 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 265 | |
| Lepidocrocite (*) | Lepidocrocite | Fe3+O(OH) | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11239 | 581 |
| Libethenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(PO4)(OH) | 1575 | 1432 | 10 | 11159,11161,11166,11175,11181,11194,11219,11232,11235,11256 | 234 |
| Likasite (*) | None | Cu3(NO3)(OH)5·2H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11168 | 11 |
| Lillianite (*) | Lillianite | Pb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 128 | |
| Mackinawite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07) | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 451 | |
| Magnesio-hornblende (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11259 | 238 |
| Magnetite (*) | Spinel | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 | 2500 | 1432 | 23 | 11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11174,11175,11179,11187,11200,11233,11235,11236,11238,11243,11245,11250,11254,11255,11259,11262,11264,11267 | 14899 |
| Malachite (*) | Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 | 1575 | 470 | 30 | 11159,11161,11166,11168,11170,11171,11173,11175,11176,11179,11181,11190,11192,11194,11207,11215,11219,11230,11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239,11243,11245,11253,11256,11257,11267 | 12537 |
| Mansfieldite (*) | None | Al(AsO4)·2H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11256 | 42 |
| Marcasite (*) | Marcasite | FeS2 | 1670 | 1432 | 3 | 11161,11163,11235 | 5674 |
| Marialite (*) | Scapolite | Na4Al3Si9O24Cl | 1670 | 1490 | 3 | 11163,11187,11259 | 139 |
| Massicot (*) | None | PbO | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 202 | |
| Melanterite (*) | Melanterite | Fe(SO4)·7H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 915 | |
| Meneghinite (*) | Meneghinite | Pb13CuSb7S24 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 158 | |
| Microcline (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1575 | 1432 | 3 | 11174,11187,11235 | 4924 |
| Mimetite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(AsO4)3Cl | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 1107 | |
| Molybdenite (*) | Molybdenite | MoS2 | 1575 | 1432 | 12 | 11161,11165,11174,11192,11195,11206,11234,11235,11255,11258,11259,11265 | 5800 |
| Montmorillonite (*) | Clay Smectite-vermiculite | (Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O | 1670 | 1490 | 2 | 11163,11258 | 1508 |
| Mottramite (*) | Descloizite | PbCu(VO4)(OH) | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11175 | 362 |
| Muscovite (*) | Mica Clay | KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1670 | 1462 | 16 | 11163,11165,11170,11174,11175,11192,11200,11218,11249,11250,11252,11258,11259,11262,11265,11267 | 17380 |
| Nantokite (*) | Sphalerite | CuCl | 1575 | 470 | 3 | 11166,11171,11182 | 35 |
| Natrojarosite (*) | Alunite | NaFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11256 | 254 |
| Nitromagnesite (*) | None | Mg(NO3)2·6H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 12 |
| Olivenite (*) | Andalusite | Cu2(AsO4)(OH) | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11161,11256 | 492 |
| Opal (*) | Amorphous | SiO2·nH2O | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11175,11232 | 2994 |
| Orthoclase (*) | Feldspar | K(AlSi3O8) | 1575 | 1490 | 4 | 11161,11187,11192,11265 | 2349 |
| Palygorskite (*) | Palygorskite Clay | (Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11259 | 306 |
| Paratacamite (*) | Atacamite | Cu3(Cu,Zn)Cl2(OH)6 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11166,11253 | 158 |
| Pentlandite (*) | Pentlandite | (Ni,Fe)9S8 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11236 | 1512 |
| Phlogopite (*) | Mica Clay | KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 | 1670 | 1665 | 1 | 11163 | 2273 |
| Phurcalite (*) | Phosphuranylite | Ca2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11175 | 20 |
| Pickeringite (*) | Halotrichite | MgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 265 | |
| Plumbogummite (*) | Alunite | PbAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6 | 2500 | 1490 | 3 | 11174,11200,11264 | 170 |
| Plumbojarosite (*) | Alunite | Pb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 | 2500 | 1490 | 2 | 11174,11264 | 477 |
| Polybasite (*) | Polybasite | [Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7] | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 716 | |
| Prehnite (*) | Prehnite | Ca2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 1898 |
| Proustite (*) | None | Ag3AsS3 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11205 | 733 |
| Pseudomalachite (*) | None | Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 | 1575 | 1490 | 12 | 11159,11161,11166,11173,11175,11176,11181,11194,11219,11232,11256,11257 | 369 |
| Pyrargyrite (*) | None | Ag3SbS3 | 1670 | 1490 | 2 | 11163,11205 | 1425 |
| Pyrite (*) | Pyrite | FeS2 | 2500 | 1432 | 36 | 11161,11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11173,11174,11175,11179,11187,11192,11195,11200,11206,11207,11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239,11243,11245,11250,11252,11254,11255,11257,11258,11259,11262,11264,11265,11267,11268 | 39462 |
| Pyrolusite (*) | Rutile | MnO2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11178 | 3106 |
| Pyromorphite (*) | Apatite | Pb5(PO4)3Cl | 2500 | 1490 | 2 | 11200,11264 | 1725 |
| Pyrosmalite-(Fe) (*) | Pyrosmalite Clay | Fe2+8Si6O15(OH)10 | 2500 | 1600 | 1 | 11264 | 38 |
| Pyrrhotite (*) | Nickeline | Fe7S8 | 2500 | 1432 | 14 | 11161,11163,11170,11174,11175,11187,11192,11234,11235,11236,11259,11262,11264,11265 | 9056 |
| Quartz (*) | Quartz | SiO2 | 2500 | 470 | 55 | 11161,11163,11164,11165,11166,11170,11171,11173,11174,11175,11176,11179,11181,11184,11191,11192,11194,11195,11196,11197,11200,11205,11206,11207,11214,11216,11222,11229,11232,11233,11234,11235,11236,11237,11239,11240,11243,11244,11245,11246,11250,11251,11252,11254,11255,11256,11258,11259,11260,11262,11264,11265,11267,11268,11270 | 61156 |
| Rhomboclase (*) | Not in a structural group | (H5O2)Fe3+(SO4)2·2H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 53 | |
| Richetite (*) | None | (Fe3+,Mg)xPb2+8.6(UO2)36O36(OH)24·41H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11164,11175 | 7 |
| Rosasite (*) | Malachite | CuZn(CO3)(OH)2 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 454 | |
| Roselite (*) | Roselite | Ca2Co(AsO4)2·2H2O | 1530 | 1500 | 1 | 11192 | 23 |
| Rutile (*) | Rutile | TiO2 | 1670 | 1500 | 9 | 11161,11163,11165,11170,11187,11192,11205,11216,11265 | 5614 |
| Scheelite (*) | Scheelite | Ca(WO4) | 1575 | 1432 | 6 | 11160,11165,11173,11235,11252,11256 | 4894 |
| Schorl (*) | Tourmaline | NaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH) | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11249 | 2705 |
| Scorodite (*) | None | Fe3+(AsO4)·2H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11170,11175,11192 | 1153 |
| Sepiolite (*) | Sepiolite Clay | Mg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 241 | |
| Siderite (*) | Calcite | Fe(CO3) | 1575 | 1490 | 6 | 11166,11173,11207,11259,11267,11268 | 6417 |
| Sillimanite (*) | Not in a structural group | Al2SiO5 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11174,11249 | 1516 |
| Silver (*) | Copper | Ag | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11175,11195,11205 | 5186 |
| Smithsonite (*) | Calcite | Zn(CO3) | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 2473 | |
| Smolyaninovite (*) | Smolyaninovite | Co3Fe3+2(AsO4)4·11H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11256 | 13 |
| Smythite (*) | None | (Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3) | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11236 | 77 |
| Spangolite (*) | Spangolite | Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl·3H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11161 | 105 |
| Spertiniite (*) | None | Cu(OH)2 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 17 |
| Spessartine (*) | Garnet | Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11175 | 1214 |
| Sphalerite (*) | Sphalerite | ZnS | 2500 | 1462 | 9 | 11163,11164,11165,11174,11175,11192,11257,11264,11265 | 21482 |
| Spherocobaltite (*) | None | Co(CO3) | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11207,11256 | 52 |
| Spinel (*) | Spinel | MgAl2O4 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11174,11187 | 1934 |
| Staurolite (*) | Staurolite | Fe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH) | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11218,11249,11259 | 978 |
| Stillwellite-(Ce) (*) | None | CeBSiO5 | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 19 |
| Stilpnomelane (*) | Stilpnomelane Clay | (K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 456 | |
| Sulphur (*) | Sulphur | S | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 2045 | |
| Sylvanite (*) | Melonite | AgAuTe4 | 1575 | 1462 | 1 | 11165 | 337 |
| Sylvite (*) | Rocksalt | KCl | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 275 |
| Talc (*) | Clay Talc | Mg3Si4O10(OH)2 | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 3337 | |
| Tenorite (*) | None | CuO | 1575 | 1490 | 3 | 11176,11177,11245 | 1101 |
| Tetrahedrite-(Zn) (*) | Tetrahedrite | Cu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13 | 1670 | 1665 | 1 | 11163 | 5317 |
| Titanite (*) | Titanite | CaTi(SiO4)O | 1670 | 1432 | 11 | 11163,11165,11187,11192,11195,11235,11239,11254,11259,11265,11267 | 4899 |
| Torbernite (*) | None | Cu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11161,11175 | 1059 |
| Treasurite (*) | Lillianite | Ag7Pb6Bi15S30 | 1575 | 1490 | 2 | 11164,11175 | 12 |
| Tremolite (*) | Amphibole | Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2 | 1575 | 1432 | 4 | 11165,11195,11235,11242 | 2562 |
| Tungstite (*) | Tungstite | WO3·H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11161 | 118 |
| Turquoise (*) | Turquoise | CuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11166 | 484 |
| Ullmannite (*) | Ullmannite | NiSbS | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 293 | |
| Uraninite (*) | Fluorite | UO2 | 1575 | 1432 | 4 | 11165,11195,11235,11255 | 2718 |
| Uranocircite-II (*) | None | Ba(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 89 |
| Violarite (*) | Spinel | FeNi2S4 | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11236 | 380 |
| Voltaite (*) | Voltaite | K2Fe2+5Fe3+3Al(SO4)12·18H2O | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 111 | |
| Willyamite (*) | Cobaltite | CoSbS | 2500 | 470 | 0 | 25 | |
| Wupatkiite (*) | Halotrichite | CoAl2(SO4)4·22H2O | 1575 | 1490 | 1 | 11170 | 5 |
| Yttrotantalite-(Y) (*) | Columbite | (Y,U,Fe2+)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)4 | 1565 | 1432 | 1 | 11235 | 51 |
| Zircon (*) | Zircon | Zr(SiO4) | 1575 | 1490 | 5 | 11187,11192,11206,11207,11265 | 5251 |
| Age ID | Locality Notes |
|---|---|
| Giersdorf_00000712 | The Mary Kathleen mine is a uranium deposit mine in the northern part of Australia and is located near Mount Isa, to which its dates are also associated. |
| Giersdorf_00000713 | The Mary Kathleen mine is a uranium deposit mine in the northern part of Australia and is located near Mount Isa, to which its dates are also associated. |
| Lucy _010 | Granitoid intrusions into Proterozoic to Palaeoproterozoic country rock. |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sedexmvt-00013 | 1665 | 1665 | 1665 Ma (Pb-Pb model age) | Pb-Pb model age | 203343 | Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Dugald River | Taylor et al. (2009) | USGSOFR2009_1297 | ||||||||||||
| sedznpb-00021 | 1670 | 1670 | 1670 | 203343 | Dugald River Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit (Dugald River Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Dugald River | Singer et al. (2009) | USGSOFR2009-1252 | |||||||||||||
| EMG15_125-1 | 1505 | 1505 | 40Ar/39Ar | Ore emplacement age | biotite | 191789 | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland | Foster et al. (2007) | 10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.125 | EMG15_125 | p. 127 | |||||||||
| EMG15_125-2 | 1537 | 1521 | U-Pb | pre-mineralization alteration | titanite | Titanite | 191789 | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland | Foster et al. (2007) | 10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.126 | EMG15_125 | error is +11/-8; p. 127 | ||||||||
| EMG15_125-3 | 1538 | 1490 | 1514±24 | U-Pb | pre-mineralization alteration | titanite | Titanite | 191789 | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland | Foster et al. (2007) | 10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.127 | EMG15_125 | p. 127 | |||||||
| EMG15_125-4 | 1575 | 1501 | 1538±37 | U-Pb | rutile | Rutile | 191789 | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Hypogene Ore at the Ernest Henry Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Deposit, Cloncurry District, NW Queensland | Foster et al. (2007) | 10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.128 | EMG15_125 | p. 127 | ||||||||
| Kristen002125 | 1495 | 1491 | 1493±2 | 40Ar/30Ar | biotite | 93-1486 | 191789 | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit | Perkins and Wyborn (1998) | 10.1080/08120099808728384 | AJES45_233 | |||||||||
| Kristen002126 | 1530 | 1500 | 1515±15 | K-Ar | biotite | 93-1486 | 191789 | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit | Perkins and Wyborn (1998) | 10.1080/08120099808728384 | AJES45_233 | |||||||||
| Kristen002127 | 1466 | 1462 | 1464±2 | 40Ar/30Ar | biotite | 93-1481 | 191789 | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit (Ernest Henry Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Ernest Henry Cu-Au Deposit | Perkins and Wyborn (1998) | 10.1080/08120099808728384 | AJES45_233 | |||||||||
| vms-00030 | 485 | 470 | Lower Ordovician | 68188 | Magpie Prospect (Magpie Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Magpie | Moiser et al. (2009) | USGSOFR2009-1034 | |||||||||||||
| Lucy _010 | 1530 | 1500 | 1530-1500 | Combination of U-Pb and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology | Age of mineralization associated with granite emplacement of the Cloncurry District | mica, amphibole, titanite, rutile, molybdenite | 28476 | Queen Sally Mine, Kajabbi, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Queen Sally Mine | Willliams et al. (2001) | 10.2113/0100191 | EMG10_191 | |||||||||
| Giersdorf_00000712 | 1565 | 1535 | 1550±15 | U-Pb | uraninite | Uraninite | Uraninite | U | 12502 | Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Mary Kathleen Mine | Chipley et al. (2007) | 10.2138/am.2007.2226 | AM92_1925 | |||||||
| Giersdorf_00000713 | 1512 | 1432 | 1472±40 | Sm-Nd | uraninite | Uraninite | Uraninite | U | 12502 | Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Mary Kathleen Mine | Chipley et al. (2007) | 10.2138/am.2007.2226 | AM92_1925 | |||||||
| ree-00116 | 541 | 541 | Precambrian | low | 12502 | Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Mary Kathleen | Orris and Grauch (2002) | USGSOFR02_189 | ||||||||||||
| sedexmvt-00027 | 1675 | 1675 | 1675 Ma | 12156 | Pegmont Pb-Zn Deposit (Pegmont Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Pegmont | Taylor et al. (2009) | USGSOFR2009_1297 | |||||||||||||
| sedznpb-00040 | 2500 | 1600 | Paleoproterozoic | 12156 | Pegmont Pb-Zn Deposit (Pegmont Mine), Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Pegmont | Singer et al. (2009) | USGSOFR2009-1252 | |||||||||||||
| Cr-00011 | 1414 | 922 | U-Pb | davidite | Davidite-(La) | Cr | 143289 | Six Kangaroos Prospect, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | Chipley et al. (2007) | 10.2138/am.2007.2226 | AM92_1925 | charlene listed error as 37/40 |
| Sample | Source Locality | Reference URL |
|---|---|---|
| R060515 | Lorena Gold Mine (Lorena Mine), Cloncurry, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | https://rruff.info/R060515 |
| FKM-131 | Mary Kathleen Mine (Mary Kathleen Uranium), Mary Kathleen District, Rosebud Station, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia | https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-126-to-fkm-150/#FKM-131 |
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