Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

Ages for Malachite at Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 145Ma - 66Ma at this locality

Age range from children

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Chen2007tbl01-40	145	66		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite		135095	Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Chen et al. (2007)	OGR31_139

Specified age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Chen2007tbl01-40	145	66		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite		135095	Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Chen et al. (2007)	OGR31_139

Mineralization age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Emily000553	168	168			Au,Ag,Cu	135095	Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Zhao et al. (1999)	OGR14_227

Locality age

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	Dated Locality ID	Dated Locality	Ref	Ref ID
Chen2007tbl01-39	145	66		Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite, Wittichenite, Electrum		135095	Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Chen et al. (2007)	OGR31_139