Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    P003366USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1374912-83-42-4937.82,-83.713611111111
    P003585Colorado, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1385532-105-31-5138.925555555556,-105.53083333333
    P0014313Mesa Co., Colorado, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 139140-108-35-4439.027777777778,-108.59555555556
    P0031389Gateway District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1383717-108-54-4338.621388888889,-108.91194444444
    P00269318Gateway, Gateway District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1383851-109-2-4838.6475,-109.04666666667
    MDA00260349Packrat Mine, Gateway, Gateway District, Mesa Co., Colorado, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1383851-109-2-4838.6475,-109.04666666667
    P0014378Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1393549-111-40-4239.596944444444,-111.67833333333
    P0019312San Juan Co., Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1374936-109-36-2837.826666666667,-109.60777777778
    P0040018La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1381938-109-6-5938.327222222222,-109.11638888889
    P0029425La Sal, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 138193-109-10-2238.3175,-109.17277777778
    MDA0030869Vanadium Queen Mine, La Sal, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 138207-109-4-5238.335277777778,-109.08111111111
    P00238969Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1382013-109-3-3738.336944444444,-109.06027777778
    MDA0038564Black Hat Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1382015-109-3-3738.3375,-109.06027777778
    MDA00112004Blue Cap Mine, Lion Canyon, La Sal District (Paradox Valley District), San Juan Co., Utah, USAUSAAnthropocene-064Anthropocene-064Postite 1382012-109-3-3938.336666666667,-109.06083333333

    This mineral directly occurs at 4 localities (4 localities according to mindat, 14 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 4 localities at which this mineral occurs, 4 have an age. (14 of the 14 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe 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.

    AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
    GThis mineral is directly dated.
    BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
    YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
    OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
    RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
    PThe 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. (0 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (0 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (10 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (4 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (0 bottom-level + 0 top/mid-level = 0 total)

       






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