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 Melonite at Jinchang, Gansu, China

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 835Ma - 819Ma 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
Michelle_691	835	819			Ni,Cu	52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177

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
EG105_1057_008	832	832			Ni,Cu,Pt,Pd,Rh,Ir,Os,Ru	52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Begg et al. (2010)	EG105_1057
Michelle_691	835	819			Ni,Cu	52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Hoatson et al. (2006)	OGR29_177

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
CG247_401-00003	942	792				52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Yang et al. (2008)	CG247_401
CSB49_420-001	835	819	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Li et al. (2004)	CSB49_420
MD45_215_0001	832.4	831.2	Baddeleyite			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang (2010)	MD45_215
MD45_3-001-001	835	831.4	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-002-001	833.7	831.1	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-003-001	833.1	830.3	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-004-001	832.9	830.3	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-005-001	832.8	829.6	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-006-001	832.3	829.3	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-007-001	828.4	824.2	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-008-001	828.8	826.2	Baddeleyite			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-009	832.4	831.2	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3
MD45_3-010	833.09	831.31	Zircon			52166	Jinchuan Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit (Baijiajuzi Ni-Cu-PGE Deposit), Jinchuan District, Jinchang, Gansu, China	Zhang et al. (2010)	MD45_3