Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Minerals queried: Gowerite

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			Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	mindat ID	Locality containing Mineral	Country	Tectonic Settings	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference (Max Age)	Reference (Min Age)	Excel ID (Max Age)	Excel ID (Min Age)	Query Minerals	# of Query Minerals at Locality	Lat Deg	Lat Min	Lat Sec	Lon Deg	Lon Min	Lon Sec	Decimal Degree
					14398	Argentina	Argentina								Gowerite	1	-33	-41	-5	-65	-32	-49	-33.684722222222,-65.546944444444
					19470	Salta Province, Argentina	Argentina								Gowerite	1	-24	-24	-36	-65	-53	-20	-24.41,-65.888888888889
					239519	Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Argentina								Gowerite	1	-24	-39	-11	-67	-14	-37	-24.653055555556,-67.243611111111
					156700	Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Argentina								Gowerite	1	-23	-55	-59	-66	-37	-59	-23.933055555556,-66.633055555556
MD					180790	Santa Rosa Mine, Sijes, Los Andes Department, Salta Province, Argentina	Argentina								Gowerite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		P	2400	1010	14468	South Africa	South Africa				EPSL298_125	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Alexandra-0130	Gowerite	1	-28	-14	-36	26	47	19	-28.243333333333,26.788611111111
		P	2400	1010	5822	Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa				EPSL298_125	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Alexandra-0130	Gowerite	1	-28	-59	-58	23	7	15	-28.999444444444,23.120833333333
		P	2400	1010	14466	Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa				EPSL298_125	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Alexandra-0130	Gowerite	1	-27	-12	-34	22	54	50	-27.209444444444,22.913888888889
		P	1054	1010	43342	Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa				AM88_189	AM88_189	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Alexandra-0130	Gowerite	1	-27	-12	-3	22	58	6	-27.200833333333,22.968333333333
MD		O	1054	1010	3071	Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa		3071	Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	AM88_189	AM88_189	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Alexandra-0130	Gowerite	1	-27	-11	-59	22	58	0	-27.199722222222,22.966666666667
	R	P	2400	1010	57254	Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa		54254	Adams Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	EPSL298_125	BOOK_KMF_2013	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Grew_Li_2019_0050	Gowerite	1	-27	-8	-6	22	52	1	-27.135,22.866944444444
	R	P	2400	1010	55925	N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa		54254	Adams Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	EPSL298_125	BOOK_KMF_2013	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Grew_Li_2019_0050	Gowerite	1	-27	-8	-7	22	52	2	-27.135277777778,22.867222222222
MD	R	O	2400	1010	3068	N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa		54254	Adams Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	EPSL298_125	BOOK_KMF_2013	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Grew_Li_2019_0050	Gowerite	1	-27	-8	-7	22	52	13	-27.135277777778,22.870277777778
MD	R	O	2400	1010	3067	N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa		54254	Adams Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	EPSL298_125	BOOK_KMF_2013	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Grew_Li_2019_0050	Gowerite	1	-27	-8	-9	22	51	52	-27.135833333333,22.864444444444
					3366	USA	USA								Gowerite	1	37	49	12	-83	-42	-49	37.82,-83.713611111111
					3424	California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	37	49	54	-120	-44	-3	37.831666666667,-120.73416666667
					3462	Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	35	53	-117	-40	-9	36.598055555556,-117.66916666667
					215293	Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	18	10	-116	-40	-1	36.302777777778,-116.66694444444
					29087	Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	2	42	-116	-35	-54	36.045,-116.59833333333
					220983	Zabriskie Point, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	25	12	-116	-49	-37	36.42,-116.82694444444
MD					25092	Gower Gulch Mine, Zabriskie Point, Black Mts, Amargosa Range, Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	25	29	-116	-50	-15	36.424722222222,-116.8375
					27209	Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	23	45	-116	-47	-7	36.395833333333,-116.78527777778
					205141	Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	19	53	-116	-41	-24	36.331388888889,-116.69
MD					464	Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	22	40	-116	-45	-36	36.377777777778,-116.76
MD					25093	Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	20	6	-116	-42	-10	36.335,-116.70277777778
MD					195749	Unnamed Borate Prospect [27], Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
MD					25030	Unnamed Nobleite Locality [1], Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
					218692	Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	23	48	-116	-47	-1	36.396666666667,-116.78361111111
MD					34527	Meridian Claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	23	45	-116	-47	-1	36.395833333333,-116.78361111111
MD					28329	Mott Prospect (Mott Colemanite Prospect; Mott Open Cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	23	45	-116	-45	-56	36.395833333333,-116.76555555556
MD					34528	South Meridian Claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	36	23	45	-116	-47	-1	36.395833333333,-116.78361111111
MD					209650	Unnamed Borate Occurrence [29], Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA	USA								Gowerite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0

This mineral directly occurs at 13 localities (13 localities according to mindat, 32 localities if parents are counted as well)
Of the 13 localities at which this mineral occurs, 3 have an age. (9 of the 32 parent localities have ages)

MD	The mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
MD	The mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
	The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
	The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

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.

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If a locality has both a GPS coordinate, and either contains or has at least one child locality containing at least one of the minerals listed above, then this map displays a single marker for that locality.

This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (1 total)

This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (0 total)

This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (6 total)

This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (2 total)

This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (10 bottom-level + 13 top/mid-level = 23 total)

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