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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Heulandite
Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Titanite

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Fe H K Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Heulandite
Malachite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Titanite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Romanèchite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scolecite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermakite ()*

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	252522,252573	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	408.33	338.36	0		1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	252522	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	252529	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	252522	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	252544	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	252529	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	252544	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	252521,252530,252531,252536,252551,252573	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	252543	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			5	252530,252532,252536,252538,252540	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			11	252529,252530,252533,252535,252536,252537,252538,252540,252541,252542,252544	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	252544	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	252544	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	252544	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	252544	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	252521,252527,252551,252573	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	252521,252551,252573	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	252529,252532,252540,252542,252543,252544	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	252544	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			11	252523,252529,252530,252531,252535,252538,252539,252540,252542,252543,252544	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	252522,252533	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	252522	407
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	252573	246
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	252522	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	408.33	338.36	0		1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	252573	1271
Magnesio-hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	252522	80
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	252522	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	252521,252522,252527,252529,252551	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	252530,252542,252544	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	408.33	338.36	0		4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	252573	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			10	252521,252530,252536,252538,252539,252540,252542,252543,252544,252551	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	252573	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	252527	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	252522	313
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	252573	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			15	252522,252529,252530,252532,252533,252535,252536,252537,252538,252539,252540,252542,252543,252544,252573	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	252543	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	252522	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			17	252521,252522,252527,252529,252530,252531,252533,252535,252536,252537,252538,252539,252540,252542,252543,252551,252573	61156
Romanèchite ()*	None	(Ba,H₂O)₂(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₅O₁₀	408.33	338.36	0		312
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	252527	5614
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	252573	390
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	408.33	338.36	0		1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	408.33	338.36	0		5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	408.33	338.36	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			6	252529,252532,252540,252542,252543,252544	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	408.33	338.36	0		978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	252544	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	252544	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	252529	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	252521,252527,252551	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	252522	73

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-Rb-Sr-02844	370.36	338.36	354.36±16	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion	whole rock	102078	Kannapolis Quarry (Moose Quarry), Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02845	370.36	338.36	354.36±16	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion	whole rock	102078	Kannapolis Quarry (Moose Quarry), Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02846	370.36	338.36	354.36±16	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion	whole rock	102078	Kannapolis Quarry (Moose Quarry), Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02847	370.36	338.36	354.36±16	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion	whole rock	102078	Kannapolis Quarry (Moose Quarry), Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02264	408.33	396.33	402.33±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	102090	Unnamed Granite Quarries BJ-014 (MRDS - 10080613), Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02266	408.33	396.33	402.33±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	102097	Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10080611), Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr
USGS-Rb-Sr-02267	408.33	396.33	402.33±6	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	whole rock	102097	Unnamed Granite Quarry (MRDS - 10080611), Rowan Co., North Carolina, USA	USGS-Rb-Sr	USGS-Rb-Sr

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