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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.

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Iron	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite
Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zircon

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 B Be Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Iron Kaolinite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite
Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite Wurtzite Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aminoffite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Famatinite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Safflorite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Scorodite ()*	Selenium ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	7565	2793
Aminoffite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca₃(BeOH)₂Si₃O₁₀	1	7547	3
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	7565	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	41	7424,7425,7426,7440,7450,7459,7465,7468,7469,7472,7473,7476,7480,7485,7486,7487,7489,7498,7499,7500,7505,7506,7509,7513,7515,7521,7524,7525,7530,7531,7545,7547,7548,7550,7565,7566,7568,7572,7574,7576,7580	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5	7500,7514,7521,7547,7565	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	7	7428,7440,7442,7465,7493,7547,7557	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	6	7442,7480,7547,7548,7565,7568	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	7442,7496	1935
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	7544	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	7547,7565	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	7565	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	7428,7450,7451,7489,7490,7565	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	95	7424,7427,7428,7429,7430,7431,7432,7433,7435,7436,7437,7438,7439,7440,7442,7447,7448,7449,7453,7454,7455,7456,7458,7460,7461,7463,7464,7465,7466,7469,7471,7474,7475,7477,7478,7479,7481,7483,7485,7492,7493,7494,7495,7497,7508,7510,7511,7512,7513,7514,7515,7516,7517,7518,7519,7524,7527,7528,7529,7531,7532,7533,7534,7535,7536,7537,7538,7539,7540,7541,7542,7547,7548,7549,7551,7552,7553,7556,7557,7558,7560,7561,7563,7564,7565,7566,7567,7568,7569,7570,7573,7575,7577,7578,7579	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	7565	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	7547,7565	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	7425,7428,7452,7465,7469,7473,7480,7485,7487,7488,7496,7499,7513,7521,7522,7531,7542,7547,7550,7555,7558,7565,7566,7568,7572	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	7565	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	7428	3846
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	6	7457,7467,7491,7493,7494,7575	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	7547,7565	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	7565	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	7547	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	7469,7485	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	7442	814
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	7565	163
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	1	7442	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	7565	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	19	7428,7435,7436,7437,7440,7442,7465,7469,7480,7485,7496,7513,7522,7531,7547,7565,7566,7568,7569	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	27	7440,7450,7469,7472,7473,7480,7485,7487,7488,7496,7498,7499,7500,7509,7513,7522,7525,7530,7542,7545,7547,7550,7555,7565,7566,7568,7572	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	7544	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	7459,7544	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	7520,7565	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	7544	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	7518	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	7565	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	7465,7482,7484,7536	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	10	7441,7472,7488,7500,7514,7521,7522,7558,7565,7566	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	7442,7548	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	7442,7476,7547,7548	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	42	7425,7426,7428,7430,7434,7435,7436,7437,7440,7441,7442,7469,7476,7480,7485,7486,7487,7496,7498,7499,7500,7505,7515,7523,7524,7525,7530,7531,7535,7547,7548,7549,7550,7558,7559,7561,7562,7563,7565,7566,7568,7569	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	7442	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31	7440,7441,7442,7450,7451,7452,7459,7465,7469,7472,7485,7488,7489,7490,7498,7499,7515,7521,7525,7526,7531,7542,7545,7547,7548,7550,7555,7558,7565,7571,7580	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	7440,7488,7565	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	88	7424,7425,7426,7430,7434,7435,7436,7437,7440,7441,7442,7443,7444,7445,7446,7450,7451,7452,7453,7454,7457,7461,7465,7468,7469,7471,7472,7473,7476,7480,7482,7484,7485,7486,7487,7489,7490,7496,7498,7499,7500,7501,7502,7503,7504,7505,7509,7513,7514,7515,7521,7522,7523,7524,7525,7526,7528,7530,7531,7532,7535,7537,7542,7545,7546,7547,7548,7549,7550,7554,7555,7558,7559,7560,7561,7562,7563,7565,7566,7568,7569,7571,7572,7573,7574,7575,7576,7580	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	7565	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	1	7442	317
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	7548	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	7566	2705
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	18	7425,7426,7472,7473,7486,7487,7498,7500,7506,7509,7530,7547,7548,7549,7566,7568,7572,7580	1153
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	7465	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	7565	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	7565	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	7442	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	30	7435,7450,7451,7459,7469,7472,7473,7480,7485,7487,7488,7496,7498,7499,7500,7509,7513,7522,7524,7525,7526,7531,7542,7545,7547,7550,7555,7565,7568,7572	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	7565	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	7509,7547,7565,7568	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	6	7472,7509,7526,7547,7565,7572	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	16	7442,7443,7444,7445,7446,7465,7476,7480,7493,7501,7502,7503,7504,7515,7547,7548	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	7442	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	7457,7518	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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