Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Khoan Thong Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam

Oldest recorded age at locality: 31.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 193089
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193089.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Khoan Thong Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Spinel
Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Rutile Spinel
Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Anorthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Corundum ()*	Dravite ()*	Edenite ()*
Graphite ()*	Margarite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*
Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	31.6	30	1036
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	31.6	30	27770
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	31.6	30	1797
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	31.6	30	648
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	31.6	30	160
Graphite ()*	None	C	31.6	30	2812
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	31.6	30	168
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	31.6	30	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	31.6	30	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	31.6	30	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	31.6	30	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	31.6	30	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	31.6	30	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0361	31.6	30	30.8 ± 0.8	40Ar/39A	Age of marble		muscovite	KT3b			Muscovite			193089	Khoan Thong Mine, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province (Yen Bai Province), Vietnam	Khoan Thong	Garnier et al. (2002)	10.1016/S0009-2541(02)00063-3	CG188_33

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...