Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Changkeng Au Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66.3

mindat Locality ID: 157678
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157678.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Changkeng Au Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°0'55"N
Longitude: 112°48'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.015277777778,112.81305555556

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scorodite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O S Sb Si Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	109.9	109.9	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	109.9	109.9	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	109.9	109.9	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	109.9	109.9	5707
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	109.9	109.9	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	109.9	109.9	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	109.9	109.9	651
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	109.9	109.9	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	109.9	109.9	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	109.9	109.9	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	109.9	109.9	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	109.9	109.9	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	109.9	109.9	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	109.9	109.9	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	109.9	109.9	511
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	109.9	109.9	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	109.9	109.9	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	109.9	109.9	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	109.9	109.9	712
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	109.9	109.9	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	109.9	109.9	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	109.9	109.9	3418
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	109.9	109.9	5251

2 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
	Kristen002016	109.9	109.9	109.9		mineralization age								Au	157678	Changkeng Au Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China	Changkeng	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	Kristen002017	66.3	66.3	66.3		mineralization age					Yes			Ag, Au, Cu	157679	Fuwan Ag Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China	Fuwan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

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