Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Minerals queried: Lime

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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
					151	Australia	Australia								Lime	1	-31	-5	-22	139	7	41	-31.089444444444,139.12805555556
					195	Victoria, Australia	Australia								Lime	1	-37	-26	-44	144	42	36	-37.445555555556,144.71
					294023	Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia	Australia								Lime	1	-37	-53	-13	141	27	0	-37.886944444444,141.45
					14273	Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia	Australia								Lime	1	-38	-22	-40	141	35	12	-38.377777777778,141.58666666667
MD					14270	Bats Ridge Caves, Portland, Glenelg Shire, Victoria, Australia	Australia								Lime	1	-38	-20	-17	141	29	33	-38.338055555556,141.4925
		P	141.4	127.5	693	China	China				L245_93	L245_93	Michelle_365	Michelle_363	Lime	1	33	0	55	111	35	19	33.015277777778,111.58861111111
		P	141.4	127.5	16458	Tibet, China	China				L245_93	L245_93	Michelle_365	Michelle_363	Lime	1	30	24	30	90	34	1	30.408333333333,90.566944444444
		P	141.4	127.5	155913	Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China	China				L245_93	L245_93	Michelle_365	Michelle_363	Lime	1	28	50	46	91	41	25	28.846111111111,91.690277777778
		P	141.4	127.5	205723	Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China	China				L245_93	L245_93	Michelle_365	Michelle_363	Lime	1	29	4	42	92	2	50	29.078333333333,92.047222222222
MD		O	141.4	127.5	5457	Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China	China		5457	Luobusha Ophiolite ("Luobusa Ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China	L245_93	L245_93	Michelle_365	Michelle_363	Lime	1	29	12	25	92	14	42	29.206944444444,92.245
					14280	France	France								Lime	1	27	20	36	0	-37	-28	27.343333333333,-0.62444444444444
					290204	Occitanie, France	France								Lime	1	43	39	37	2	2	13	43.660277777778,2.0369444444444
					48159	Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France	France								Lime	1	42	36	54	2	35	0	42.615,2.5833333333333
MD					282256	Baixas, Pyrénées-Orientales, Occitanie, France	France								Lime	1	42	45	35	2	48	17	42.759722222222,2.8047222222222
		P	0.4	0	14553	Italy	Italy				JP78_753	JP78_753	Michelle_0040	Michelle_0040	Lime	1	42	32	7	12	16	57	42.535277777778,12.2825
		P	0.4	0	2071	Campania, Italy	Italy				JP78_753	JP78_753	Michelle_0040	Michelle_0040	Lime	1	40	52	57	14	24	34	40.8825,14.409444444444
		P	0.4	0	2094	Naples, Campania, Italy	Italy				JP78_753	JP78_753	Michelle_0040	Michelle_0040	Lime	1	40	47	22	14	6	30	40.789444444444,14.108333333333
		O	0.4	0	2091	Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	Italy		2091	Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	JP78_753	JP78_753	Michelle_0040	Michelle_0040	Lime	1	40	49	17	14	24	52	40.821388888889,14.414444444444
					145740	Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	Italy								Lime	1	40	48	23	14	25	33	40.806388888889,14.425833333333
					158510	Torre Del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	Italy								Lime	1	40	46	20	14	24	57	40.772222222222,14.415833333333
MD					29836	Villa Inglese Quarries, Torre Del Greco, Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	Italy								Lime	1	40	45	27	14	25	8	40.7575,14.418888888889
		P	2	0.5	24637	Jordan	Jordan				BOOK_EGCS_1999	BOOK_EGCS_1999	Michelle_0042	Michelle_0042	Lime	1	31	34	46	36	5	27	31.579444444444,36.090833333333
		P	2	0.5	271711	Irbid, Jordan	Jordan				BOOK_EGCS_1999	BOOK_EGCS_1999	Michelle_0042	Michelle_0042	Lime	1	32	43	56	35	52	16	32.732222222222,35.871111111111
		P	2	0.5	295340	Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan	Jordan				BOOK_EGCS_1999	BOOK_EGCS_1999	Michelle_0042	Michelle_0042	Lime	1	32	43	56	35	52	16	32.732222222222,35.871111111111
MD		O	2	0.5	55809	Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan	Jordan		55809	Yarmouk River, Maqarin Area, Irbid, Jordan	BOOK_EGCS_1999	BOOK_EGCS_1999	Michelle_0042	Michelle_0042	Lime	1	32	43	56	35	52	17	32.732222222222,35.871388888889
		P	394	390	14409	Russia	Russia				L6_66	L6_66	Alexandra-0046	Alexandra-0045	Lime	1	53	56	10	68	39	9	53.936111111111,68.6525
					14686	Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Lime	1	54	53	10	60	27	24	54.886111111111,60.456666666667
					2767	Chelyabinsk Coal Basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Lime	1	55	12	0	61	25	0	55.2,61.416666666667
					5598	Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk Coal Basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Lime	1	55	7	0	61	38	60	55.116666666667,61.65
MD					21881	Coal Mine No. 44, Kopeisk, Chelyabinsk Coal Basin, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	Russia								Lime	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		P	394	390	247391	Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia	Russia				L6_66	L6_66	Alexandra-0046	Alexandra-0045	Lime	1	58	14	44	60	8	34	58.245555555556,60.142777777778
		P	394	390	25880	Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia	Russia				L6_66	L6_66	Alexandra-0046	Alexandra-0045	Lime	1	56	30	19	60	17	58	56.505277777778,60.299444444444
MD		O	394	390	20030	Gumeshevskii Cu Mine (Gumeshevskoye), Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia	Russia		20030	Gumeshevskii Cu Mine (Gumeshevskoye), Polevskoy, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia	L6_66	L6_66	Alexandra-0046	Alexandra-0045	Lime	1	56	27	56	60	11	30	56.465555555556,60.191666666667
					14424	Sweden	Sweden								Lime	1	59	38	39	15	49	49	59.644166666667,15.830277777778
					23794	Skåne County, Sweden	Sweden								Lime	1	55	56	52	13	28	35	55.947777777778,13.476388888889
					132051	Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden	Sweden								Lime	1	55	33	44	12	59	27	55.562222222222,12.990833333333
MD					61818	Limhamn Quarry, Malmö, Skåne County, Sweden	Sweden								Lime	1	55	34	1	12	55	46	55.566944444444,12.929444444444
					3275	Ukraine	Ukraine								Lime	1	49	7	1	30	10	42	49.116944444444,30.178333333333
					20350	Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine	Ukraine								Lime	1	47	56	47	37	43	30	47.946388888889,37.725
					23309	Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine	Ukraine								Lime	1	48	20	39	37	52	21	48.344166666667,37.8725
					297876	Kalinin Coal Mine, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine	Ukraine								Lime	1	48	20	0	38	7	5	48.333333333333,38.118055555556
MD					297863	Burned Coal Dumps, Kalinin Coal Mine, Donetsk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine	Ukraine								Lime	1	48	20	1	38	7	5	48.333611111111,38.118055555556
		P	200.7	0	3366	USA	USA				UBCMDRUSP2_1	CG149_127	UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	Michelle_554	Lime	1	37	49	12	-83	-42	-49	37.82,-83.713611111111
		P	200.7	0	3293	Arizona, USA	USA				UBCMDRUSP2_1	CG149_127	UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	Michelle_554	Lime	1	33	28	43	-111	-18	-39	33.478611111111,-111.31083333333
		P	200.7	0	15570	Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	USA				UBCMDRUSP2_1	CG149_127	UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	Michelle_554	Lime	1	31	54	22	-109	-50	-45	31.906111111111,-109.84583333333
		P	200.7	0	56557	Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	USA				UBCMDRUSP2_1	CG149_127	UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	Michelle_554	Lime	1	31	30	8	-109	-54	-58	31.502222222222,-109.91611111111
		P	200.7	0	13153	Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	USA				UBCMDRUSP2_1	CG149_127	UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	Michelle_554	Lime	1	31	25	57	-109	-52	-42	31.4325,-109.87833333333
		P	200.7	0	3296	Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	USA				UBCMDRUSP2_1	CG149_127	UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	Michelle_554	Lime	1	31	25	34	-109	-53	-17	31.426111111111,-109.88805555556
MD	R	O	200.7	0	3300	Campbell Mine (Campbell Shaft), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	USA		3304	Lavender Open Pit Mine (Lavender Pit), Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA	UBCMDRUSP2_1	CG149_127	UBCMDRUSP2_1_Bisbee01	Michelle_554	Lime	1	31	25	28	-109	-53	-24	31.424444444444,-109.89
					16645	Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	USA								Lime	1	33	39	54	-112	-27	-19	33.665,-112.45527777778
MD					52651	Phoenix Area, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA	USA								Lime	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0

This mineral directly occurs at 11 localities (14 localities according to mindat, 51 localities if parents are counted as well)
Of the 11 localities at which this mineral occurs, 4 have an age. (24 of the 51 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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This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (2 total)

This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (2 total)

This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (19 total)

This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (1 total)

This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (4 bottom-level + 23 top/mid-level = 27 total)

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