Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jinkouling Mine (Jingkouling Mine), Tongguanshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 186892
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186892.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinkouling Mine (Jingkouling Mine), Tongguanshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Laojiacun Cu-Mo-Au Deposit

Latitude: 30°54'1"N
Longitude: 117°49'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.900277777778,117.83055555556

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	113	113	0		3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	113	113	0		9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	37111	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	113	113	0		1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	113	113	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	1	37111	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	1	37111	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	113	113	0		966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	1	37111	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	113	113	0		8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	1	37111	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	37111	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	1	37111	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	113	113	0		2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	1	37111	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	113	113	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	1	37111	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	113	113	0		21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	113	113	0		276
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	113	113	0		1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	113	113	0		1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	113	113	0		1025

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	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
Chen2007tbl01-34	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		187013	Huangshi-Laoshan Fe-Au Deposit, Tongguanshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Huangshilao, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Emily000551	113	113				Au, Ag, Cu	186892	Jinkouling Mine (Jingkouling Mine), Tongguanshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Jinkouling	Zhao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00008-6	OGR14_227
Chen2007tbl01-36	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Tellurobismuthite, Electrum		135055	Tianmashan Mine, Tongguanshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Mashan, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Chen2007tbl01-35	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		64264	Tongguanshan Mine, Tongguanshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Tongguanshan, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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