Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Minerals queried: Simpsonite

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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	3033	2525	151	Australia	Australia				EG97_873	GSLSP350_7	EG97_873-00013	Kristen002505	Simpsonite	1	-31	-5	-22	139	7	41	-31.089444444444,139.12805555556
		P	3033	2525	15624	Western Australia, Australia	Australia				EG97_873	GSLSP350_7	EG97_873-00013	Kristen002505	Simpsonite	1	-29	-41	-16	118	7	3	-29.687777777778,118.1175
		P	2529	2525	246359	Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia				GSLSP350_7	GSLSP350_7	Kristen002505	Kristen002505	Simpsonite	1	-33	-58	-51	116	5	28	-33.980833333333,116.09111111111
		P	2529	2525	185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia		185843	Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	GSLSP350_7	GSLSP350_7	Kristen002505	Kristen002505	Simpsonite	1	-33	-50	-55	116	3	34	-33.848611111111,116.05944444444
MD		O	2529	2525	11514	Greenbushes Mine (Greenbushes Pegmatite), Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia		11514	Greenbushes Mine (Greenbushes Pegmatite), Greenbushes Tinfield, Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia	GSLSP350_7	GSLSP350_7	Kristen002505	Kristen002505	Simpsonite	1	-33	-51	-17	116	3	38	-33.854722222222,116.06055555556
					146971	Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia								Simpsonite	1	-27	-17	-21	117	44	58	-27.289166666667,117.74944444444
					280514	Meka Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia								Simpsonite	1	-27	-34	-47	117	8	12	-27.579722222222,117.13666666667
MD					248984	Warda Warra Pegmatite Field, Meka Station, Cue Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia								Simpsonite	1	-27	-34	-47	117	8	12	-27.579722222222,117.13666666667
		P	2590	2590	248192	Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia				BOOK_GPWA	BOOK_GPWA	Be-00056	Be-00056	Simpsonite	1	-28	-5	-9	117	50	50	-28.085833333333,117.84722222222
		P	2590	2590	276862	Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia				BOOK_GPWA	BOOK_GPWA	Be-00056	Be-00056	Simpsonite	1	-27	-44	-44	117	15	25	-27.745555555556,117.25694444444
MD		O	2590	2590	248991	Dalgaranga Mine, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia		248991	Dalgaranga Mine, Dalgaranga Station, Mount Magnet Shire, Western Australia, Australia	BOOK_GPWA	BOOK_GPWA	Be-00056	Be-00056	Simpsonite	1	-27	-42	-39	117	13	13	-27.710833333333,117.22027777778
		P	3033	2857	146445	Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia				EG97_873	GSLSP350_7	EG97_873-00013	Kristen002485	Simpsonite	1	-20	-47	-53	118	43	8	-20.798055555556,118.71888888889
		P	3033	2857	248207	Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia				EG97_873	GSLSP350_7	EG97_873-00013	Kristen002485	Simpsonite	1	-20	-47	-11	118	50	35	-20.786388888889,118.84305555556
MD		O	3033	2857	12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	Australia		12495	Tabba Tabba Pegmatite (Tabba Tabba Tantalum Mine), Wallareenya Station, Port Hedland Shire, Western Australia, Australia	EG97_873	GSLSP350_7	EG97_873-00013	Kristen002485	Simpsonite	1	-20	-40	0	118	55	16	-20.666666666667,118.92111111111
					366	Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-12	-14	-5	-48	-11	-22	-12.234722222222,-48.189444444444
					387	Minas Gerais, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-18	-52	-21	-43	-32	-52	-18.8725,-43.547777777778
					16901	Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-16	-43	-11	-41	-51	-44	-16.719722222222,-41.862222222222
					205557	Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-16	-42	-48	-41	-52	-21	-16.713333333333,-41.8725
MD					7723	Urubu Mine, Monte Belo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-16	-42	-45	-41	-53	-10	-16.7125,-41.886111111111
					446	Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-6	-5	-15	-37	-11	-13	-6.0875,-37.186944444444
					31619	Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-6	-31	-55	-36	-52	-27	-6.5319444444444,-36.874166666667
					30653	Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-6	-54	-41	-36	-43	-21	-6.9113888888889,-36.7225
MD					9812	Alto Do Giz Pegmatite, Equador, Borborema Mineral Province, Rio Grande Do Norte, Brazil	Brazil								Simpsonite	1	-6	-54	-18	-36	-43	-17	-6.905,-36.721388888889
		P	2644	2110	8188	Canada	Canada				CM52_183	GCA51_1101	Bradley_2012_034	Scott-GCA51_1101-0002	Simpsonite	1	53	20	27	-90	-3	-40	53.340833333333,-90.061111111111
		P	2644	2110	20365	Manitoba, Canada	Canada				CM52_183	GCA51_1101	Bradley_2012_034	Scott-GCA51_1101-0002	Simpsonite	1	53	58	59	-97	-58	-41	53.983055555556,-97.978055555556
		P	2644	2110	25915	Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Canada				CM52_183	GCA51_1101	Bradley_2012_034	Scott-GCA51_1101-0002	Simpsonite	1	50	26	22	-95	-26	-44	50.439444444444,-95.445555555556
		P	2644	2110	25914	Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Canada		25914	Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	CM52_183	GCA51_1101	Bradley_2012_034	Scott-GCA51_1101-0002	Simpsonite	1	50	25	58	-95	-26	-58	50.432777777778,-95.449444444444
MD		O	2644	2110	505	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	Canada		505	Tanco Mine (Bernic Lake Mine), Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet Area, Manitoba, Canada	CM52_183	GCA51_1101	Bradley_2012_034	Scott-GCA51_1101-0002	Simpsonite	1	50	25	59	-95	-26	-59	50.433055555556,-95.449722222222
		P	954.6	930	14231	DR Congo	DR Congo				OGR64_667	OGR72_373	Alexandra-0227	Alexandra-0141	Simpsonite	1	-4	-1	-53	25	15	14	-4.0313888888889,25.253888888889
					4314	Maniema, DR Congo	DR Congo								Simpsonite	1	-2	-42	-27	26	17	51	-2.7075,26.2975
MD					249233	Maniema Pegmatite, Maniema, DR Congo	DR Congo								Simpsonite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		P	954.6	945.8	188713	North Kivu, DR Congo	DR Congo				OGR64_667	OGR64_667	Alexandra-0227	Alexandra-0227	Simpsonite	1	0	-53	-4	29	0	50	-0.88444444444444,29.013888888889
		Y	954.6	945.8	283718	Masisi Mts, North Kivu, DR Congo	DR Congo		283718	Masisi Mts, North Kivu, DR Congo	OGR64_667	OGR64_667	Alexandra-0227	Alexandra-0227	Simpsonite	1	-1	-27	-19	28	53	1	-1.4552777777778,28.883611111111
					4316	Mumba, Masisi Mts, North Kivu, DR Congo	DR Congo								Simpsonite	1	-1	-27	-20	28	53	2	-1.4555555555556,28.883888888889
MD					68435	Mumba Cassiterite Gravels, Mumba, Masisi Mts, North Kivu, DR Congo	DR Congo								Simpsonite	1	-1	-27	-21	28	53	3	-1.4558333333333,28.884166666667
		P	945	930	306394	Tanganyika, DR Congo	DR Congo				OGR72_373	OGR72_373	Alexandra-0141	Alexandra-0141	Simpsonite	1	-7	-3	-18	28	28	30	-7.055,28.475
MD		Y	945	930	4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	DR Congo		4333	Manono-Kitotolo Mine, Tanganyika, DR Congo	OGR72_373	OGR72_373	Alexandra-0141	Alexandra-0141	Simpsonite	1	-7	-16	-38	27	27	2	-7.2772222222222,27.450555555556
		P	295	280	2207	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				3CAU_131	3CAU_131	Alexandra-0148	Alexandra-0148	Simpsonite	1	48	17	30	68	49	45	48.291666666667,68.829166666667
		P	295	280	20536	East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				3CAU_131	3CAU_131	Alexandra-0148	Alexandra-0148	Simpsonite	1	49	23	24	82	14	22	49.39,82.239444444444
		P	295	280	270838	Ulan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan				3CAU_131	3CAU_131	Alexandra-0148	Alexandra-0148	Simpsonite	1	49	33	50	83	2	51	49.563888888889,83.0475
MD	R	O	295	280	23689	Ognevka Ta Deposit, Ulan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan		20535	Qalba Range (Kalba Range), Kazakhstan	3CAU_131	3CAU_131	Alexandra-0148	Alexandra-0148	Simpsonite	1	49	40	59	83	0	5	49.683055555556,83.001388888889
MD		O	295	280	205057	Yubileinoye Ta Deposit, Ulan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan		205057	Yubileinoye Ta Deposit, Ulan, East Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan	3CAU_131	3CAU_131	Alexandra-0154	Alexandra-0154	Simpsonite	1	49	32	25	83	0	24	49.540277777778,83.006666666667
		P	2527	2446	14409	Russia	Russia				GSLSP350_7	DES461_321	Kristen002506	Alexandra-0168	Simpsonite	1	53	56	10	68	39	9	53.936111111111,68.6525
		P	2527	2446	17857	Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Russia				GSLSP350_7	DES461_321	Kristen002506	Alexandra-0168	Simpsonite	1	67	55	58	33	2	44	67.932777777778,33.045555555556
		P	2527	2446	24971	Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Russia				GSLSP350_7	DES461_321	Kristen002506	Alexandra-0168	Simpsonite	1	68	25	7	35	43	47	68.418611111111,35.729722222222
MD		O	2527	2446	16172	Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	Russia		16172	Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	GSLSP350_7	DES461_321	Kristen002506	Alexandra-0168	Simpsonite	1	68	23	0	35	51	48	68.383333333333,35.863333333333
		P	2615	2583.1	21891	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe				GSLSP350_7	OGR64_667	Kristen002502	Alexandra-0207	Simpsonite	1	-18	-56	-36	30	23	33	-18.943333333333,30.3925
		P	2590.3	2583.1	133612	Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe				OGR64_667	OGR64_667	Alexandra-0207	Alexandra-0207	Simpsonite	1	-17	-35	-55	31	50	25	-17.598611111111,31.840277777778
		P	2590.3	2583.1	247219	Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe				OGR64_667	OGR64_667	Alexandra-0207	Alexandra-0207	Simpsonite	1	-17	-11	0	32	26	51	-17.183333333333,32.4475
		P	2590.3	2583.1	8650	Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe		8650	Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	OGR64_667	OGR64_667	Alexandra-0207	Alexandra-0207	Simpsonite	1	-17	0	-59	32	16	13	-17.016388888889,32.270277777778
MD	R	Y	2590.3	2583.1	204224	Benson No. 3 Pegmatite, Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe		8650	Benson Mine, Mudzi District, Mashonaland East, Zimbabwe	OGR64_667	OGR64_667	Alexandra-0207	Alexandra-0207	Simpsonite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0
		P	2615	2587	24209	Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe				GSLSP350_7	GSLSP350_7	Kristen002502	Kristen002502	Simpsonite	1	-20	-14	-54	31	18	17	-20.248333333333,31.304722222222
		P	2615	2587	293936	Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe				GSLSP350_7	GSLSP350_7	Kristen002502	Kristen002502	Simpsonite	1	-19	-56	-59	31	26	0	-19.949722222222,31.433333333333
MD		O	2615	2587	4351	Bikita Pegmatite, Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe		4351	Bikita Pegmatite, Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe	GSLSP350_7	GSLSP350_7	Kristen002502	Kristen002502	Simpsonite	1	-19	-56	-60	31	25	60	-19.95,31.433333333333
MD					4352	Mdara Mine, Bikita Area, Masvingo, Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe								Simpsonite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0,0

This mineral directly occurs at 16 localities (19 localities according to mindat, 55 localities if parents are counted as well)
Of the 16 localities at which this mineral occurs, 10 have an age. (38 of the 55 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. (8 total)

This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (4 total)

This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (24 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. (6 bottom-level + 11 top/mid-level = 17 total)

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