Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Minerals queried: Ruizite

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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
		P	201	23	14553	Italy	Italy				MM77_475	MM77_475	Alexandra-0110	Alexandra-0111	Ruizite	1	42	32	7	12	16	57	42.535277777778,12.2825
		P	201	23	21863	Liguria, Italy	Italy				MM77_475	MM77_475	Alexandra-0110	Alexandra-0111	Ruizite	1	44	18	56	9	5	1	44.315555555556,9.0836111111111
		P	201	23	21862	La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy	Italy				MM77_475	MM77_475	Alexandra-0110	Alexandra-0111	Ruizite	1	44	12	45	9	39	25	44.2125,9.6569444444444
		P	201	23	213538	Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy	Italy				MM77_475	MM77_475	Alexandra-0110	Alexandra-0111	Ruizite	1	44	11	55	9	41	59	44.198611111111,9.6997222222222
		P	201	23	280953	Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy	Italy				MM77_475	MM77_475	Alexandra-0110	Alexandra-0111	Ruizite	1	44	11	56	9	42	0	44.198888888889,9.7
MD		Y	201	23	4430	Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy	Italy		4430	Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto Vara, Vara Valley, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy	MM77_475	MM77_475	Alexandra-0110	Alexandra-0111	Ruizite	1	44	11	57	9	42	1	44.199166666667,9.7002777777778
		P	2400	1042.2	14468	South Africa	South Africa				EPSL298_125	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-28	-14	-36	26	47	19	-28.243333333333,26.788611111111
		P	2400	1042.2	5822	Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa				EPSL298_125	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-28	-59	-58	23	7	15	-28.999444444444,23.120833333333
		P	2400	1042.2	14466	Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa				EPSL298_125	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-27	-12	-34	22	54	50	-27.209444444444,22.913888888889
		P	1054	1042.2	43342	Hotazel, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa				AM88_189	AM88_189	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-27	-12	-3	22	58	6	-27.200833333333,22.968333333333
MD		Y	1054	1042.2	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	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-27	-11	-59	22	58	0	-27.199722222222,22.966666666667
	R	P	2400	1042.2	57254	Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	South Africa		54254	Adams Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape, South Africa	EPSL298_125	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-27	-8	-6	22	52	1	-27.135,22.866944444444
	R	P	2400	1042.2	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	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-27	-8	-7	22	52	2	-27.135277777778,22.867222222222
MD	R	Y	2400	1042.2	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	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-27	-8	-7	22	52	13	-27.135277777778,22.870277777778
MD	R	Y	2400	1042.2	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	AM88_189	Scott-EPSL298_125-0001	Scott-AM88_189-0001	Ruizite	1	-27	-8	-9	22	51	52	-27.135833333333,22.864444444444
		P	64	63	3366	USA	USA				USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	37	49	12	-83	-42	-49	37.82,-83.713611111111
		P	64	63	3293	Arizona, USA	USA				USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	33	28	43	-111	-18	-39	33.478611111111,-111.31083333333
		P	64	63	3321	Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USA				USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	33	52	52	-110	-57	-39	33.881111111111,-110.96083333333
		P	64	63	25075	Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USA				USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	33	6	31	-110	-49	-37	33.108611111111,-110.82694444444
		P	64	63	8892	Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USA				USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	33	4	56	-110	-47	-32	33.082222222222,-110.79222222222
		P	64	63	44383	Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USA				USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	33	4	30	-110	-45	-1	33.075,-110.75027777778
		P	64	63	31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USA		31783	Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	33	4	53	-110	-46	-1	33.081388888889,-110.76694444444
MD		O	64	63	3326	Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USA		3326	Christmas Mine (Red Bird Shafts; Inspiration Mine; Hackberry Shafts), Christmas, Christmas Area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mts, Gila Co., Arizona, USA	USGSOFR2008_1155	USGSOFR2008_1155	PorphCu-00010	PorphCu-00010	Ruizite	1	33	3	29	-110	-44	-44	33.058055555556,-110.74555555556
					14026	Pennsylvania, USA	USA								Ruizite	1	40	35	25	-76	-53	-45	40.590277777778,-76.895833333333
					28994	Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA	USA								Ruizite	1	40	18	46	-76	-29	-2	40.312777777778,-76.483888888889
					215681	Cornwall Borough (Cornwall), Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA	USA								Ruizite	1	40	15	59	-76	-24	0	40.266388888889,-76.4
MD					3653	Cornwall Mines (Cornwall Iron Mine), Cornwall Borough (Cornwall), Lebanon Co., Pennsylvania, USA	USA								Ruizite	1	40	16	0	-76	-23	-60	40.266666666667,-76.4

This mineral directly occurs at 6 localities (6 localities according to mindat, 27 localities if parents are counted as well)
Of the 6 localities at which this mineral occurs, 5 have an age. (23 of the 27 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. (17 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. (1 bottom-level + 3 top/mid-level = 4 total)

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