Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija, Gorizia Region, Slovenia

mindat Locality ID: 746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Idria Mine (Idrija Mine), Idrija, Gorizia Region, Slovenia": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Anthony Shaft

Latitude: 46°0'11"N
Longitude: 14°1'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.003055555556,14.026944444444

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Epsomite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Orpiment	Palygorskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zippeite

Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halotrichite ()*	Idrialite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*
Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Orpiment ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderotil ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zinczippeite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Sr U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca F Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Si Sr U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Epsomite Fluorite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite
Marcasite Melanterite None Orpiment Palygorskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Zippeite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1252
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	409
Idrialite ()*	None	C₂₂H₁₄	15
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	511
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	306
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	84
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Zinczippeite ()*	Zippeite	Zn(UO₂)₂(SO₄)O₂·3.5H₂O	6

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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