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.

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.

Analcime	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Mordenite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Carnotite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Haüyne ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Vésigniéite ()*	Wairakite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cu Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Th Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Kaolinite
Marcasite Mordenite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

25 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
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	192147	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	23.5	21.5	2	192080,192082	1627
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	192162	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	192082	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	192145	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	192081,192132,192133,192134,192135,192145	27770
Carnotite ()*	None	K₂(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·3H₂O			2	192127,192136	1184
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	192132,192133,192134,192135	27198
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	192163	414
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	192132,192133,192134,192135	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	192150	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	192085,192164	2812
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)			1	192149	158
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	192164	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	23.5	21.5	1	192080	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	192155	5674
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O	23.5	21.5	1	192080	405
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	192151	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	192132,192133,192134,192135,192154,192159	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			4	192132,192133,192134,192135	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	192132,192133,192134,192135	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			4	192132,192133,192134,192135	5317
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O			1	192136	628
Vésigniéite ()*	None	Cu₃Ba(VO₄)₂(OH)₂	22.45	20.89	1	192152	46
Wairakite ()*	Analcime	Ca(Si₄Al₂)O₁₂·2H₂O	23.5	21.5	1	192080	73

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
NAVDAT-1415	23.5	21.5	22.5±1		1415		145249	Aguilar-Apishapa Pass, Las Animas Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44108	21.95	21.89	21.92±0.03		44108		115637	Gravel Pit (MRDS - 10142781), Las Animas Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44106	22.45	22.19	22.32±0.13	sanidine	44106	Sanidine	159342	Stonewall, Las Animas Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT
NAVDAT-44118	20.95	20.89	20.92±0.03		44118		159342	Stonewall, Las Animas Co., Colorado, USA	NAVDAT	NAVDAT

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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