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 Sphalerite at Datong, Shanxi, China

The cyan highlights indicate which age entries were selected as the "best" for assigning the mineral an age of 201Ma - 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
Chen2007tbl01-54	201	66		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tenorite		187029	Diaoquan Cu-Ag Deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong, Shanxi, 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
Chen2007tbl01-55	201	66		Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		187030	Tainashui Au Deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong, Shanxi, China	Chen et al. (2007)	OGR31_139

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
Chen2007tbl01-54	201	66		Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tenorite		187029	Diaoquan Cu-Ag Deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong, Shanxi, China	Chen et al. (2007)	OGR31_139
Jen_0000804	229	229				145499	Datong, Shanxi, China	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000805	229	229				145499	Datong, Shanxi, China	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	GSCOF5796