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
    14398ArgentinaArgentinaSurite 1-33-41-5-65-32-49-33.684722222222,-65.546944444444
    29006Río Negro Province, ArgentinaArgentinaSurite 1-40-55-10-69-4-8-40.919444444444,-69.068888888889
    239794Nueve De Julio Department, Río Negro Province, ArgentinaArgentinaSurite 1-40-500-68-6-58-40.833333333333,-68.116111111111
    281630Comicó, Nueve De Julio Department, Río Negro Province, ArgentinaArgentinaSurite 1-40-500-68-6-59-40.833333333333,-68.116388888889
    MD10423Cruz Del Sur Mine, Comicó, Nueve De Julio Department, Río Negro Province, ArgentinaArgentinaSurite 1-40-500-68-70-40.833333333333,-68.116666666667
    14553ItalyItalySurite 14232712165742.535277777778,12.2825
    2119Sardinia, ItalyItalySurite 13948118594639.803055555556,8.9961111111111
    230922Sassari Province, Sardinia, ItalyItalySurite 1405038924340.843888888889,9.0452777777778
    132187Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, ItalyItalySurite 140345892640.582777777778,9.035
    MD68228Su Elzu, Ozieri, Sassari Province, Sardinia, ItalyItalySurite 140345892740.582777777778,9.0352777777778
    P54151910257NamibiaNamibiaHg-00024Hg-00024Surite 1-21-56-1516451-21.9375,16.750277777778
    P54151943980Oshikoto Region, NamibiaNamibiaHg-00024Hg-00024Surite 1-19-19-8174218-19.318888888889,17.705
    P54151943981Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaNamibia43981Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaHg-00024Hg-00024Surite 1-19-15-47174145-19.263055555556,17.695833333333
    MDO5415192428Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaNamibia2428Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, NamibiaHg-00024Hg-00024Surite 1-19-14-30174246-19.241666666667,17.712777777778
    P22.5223366USAUSABOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992BOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992Michelle_361Michelle_361Surite 1374912-83-42-4937.82,-83.713611111111
    P22.5223293Arizona, USAUSABOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992BOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992Michelle_361Michelle_361Surite 1332843-111-18-3933.478611111111,-111.31083333333
    P22.5226428Pinal Co., Arizona, USAUSABOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992BOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992Michelle_361Michelle_361Surite 1325541-111-8-3932.928055555556,-111.14416666667
    P22.52212770Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USAUSA12770Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USABOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992BOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992Michelle_361Michelle_361Surite 132428-110-42-4432.702222222222,-110.71222222222
    RP22.52216802Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USAUSA12770Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USABOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992BOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992Michelle_361Michelle_361Surite 1324139-110-41-5732.694166666667,-110.69916666667
    RP22.52269472St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USAUSA12770Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USABOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992BOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992Michelle_361Michelle_361Surite 1324219-110-40-5532.705277777778,-110.68194444444
    MDRO22.5223380Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USAUSA12770Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USABOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992BOOK_SCMMMSMD_1992Michelle_361Michelle_361Surite 1324219-110-40-5532.705277777778,-110.68194444444

    This mineral directly occurs at 4 localities (4 localities according to mindat, 21 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 4 localities at which this mineral occurs, 2 have an age. (11 of the 21 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. (1 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (2 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (8 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (2 bottom-level + 8 top/mid-level = 10 total)

       






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