Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mei Co., Meizhou, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323
Youngest recorded age at locality: 293

mindat Locality ID: 157908
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157908.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mei Co., Meizhou, Guangdong, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Baishaping Mn Deposit
Baiwa Cu Deposit
Baokeng Mn Deposit
Bingcun Mine
Fenshui Mn Deposit
Kuiling Cu-polymetallic Deposit
Songxi Mine (Shongxi Mine)
Sutian Cu Deposit
Xiananshan Mn Deposit
Yushui Mine

Latitude: 24°29'44"N
Longitude: 116°15'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.495555555556,116.25361111111

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Kobellite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba Ca H K Mg Mn Na O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Garnet Humite Kobellite Mica Nickeline
None Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

64 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Betekhtinite ()*	Birnessite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Franklinite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hollandite ()*	Humite ()*	Kleemanite ()*	Larosite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Nuffieldite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valentinite ()*
Vernadite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	323	293	1	37950	2793
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	37947	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	37947	9052
Betekhtinite ()*	None	(Cu,Fe)₂₁Pb₂S₁₅	323	293	1	37950	45
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O	323	293	0		178
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	37948	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	323	293	1	37950	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	37947	843
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	323	293	0		483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	323	293	2	37947,37950	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	323	293	1	37950	154
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	37947	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	323	293	1	37950	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	37945	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	323	293	3	37947,37948,37950	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	323	293	1	37950	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	37945	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			2	37943,37945	599
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈			1	37947	126
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	37948	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	37947	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)			1	37947	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	37948	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	37948	9617
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	323	293	1	37950	52
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	37947	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	323	293	4	37944,37947,37948,37950	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	37947	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	37947	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	323	293	2	37947,37950	14640
Hollandite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	323	293	0		243
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂			1	37948	80
Kleemanite ()*	None	ZnAl₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	37943	3
Larosite ()*	None	(Cu,Ag)₂₁PbBiS₁₃	323	293	1	37950	6
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	37943	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	323	293	2	37948,37950	14899
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	37947	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	323	293	3	37944,37947,37950	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	323	293	0		121
Nuffieldite ()*	Kobellite	Cu_1.4Pb_2.4Bi_2.4Sb_0.2S₇	323	293	1	37950	32
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	37948	2273
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	37947	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	323	293	3	37944,37947,37950	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	37943,37945	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	37947	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	323	293	2	37947,37950	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	37948	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	323	293	1	37950	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	323	293	1	37950	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	37947	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	323	293	0		1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	323	293	4	37944,37947,37948,37950	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	37947	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	323	293	1	37950	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37948	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	323	293	1	37950	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	323	293	2	37947,37950	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	323	293	0		433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	37948	2562
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	37947	369
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	37945	65
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	37948	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	323	293	1	37950	303
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	323	293	1	37950	297

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
	DeepDive-Co-0001	323	293	308	Re-Os										157910	Yushui Mine, Mei Co., Meizhou, Guangdong, China	Yushui	Huang et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.04.018	OGR70_281

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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