Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1304
Youngest recorded age at locality: 956

mindat Locality ID: 234356
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234356.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit
Qingmingshan Cu-Ni Deposit
Xiaopoling Cu-Ni Deposit

Latitude: 24°59'14"N
Longitude: 108°47'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.987222222222,108.795

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	Auricupride	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Feldspar	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Sn Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Auricupride Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Corundum Covellite Epidote
Feldspar Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc

29 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	1304	956	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1304	956	0		8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1304	956	1	38435	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	166
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1304	956	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1304	956	0		5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1304	956	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1304	956	0		3902
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1304	956	1	38435	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1304	956	0		4165
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1304	956	1	38435	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1304	956	1	38435	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1304	956	1	38435	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1304	956	0		1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1304	956	0		17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1304	956	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1304	956	0		5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1304	956	0		3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1304	956	1	38435	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1304	956	3	38435,38436,38437	380

9 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
SC45_911-00009	1003	961	982±21	Re-Os	high	cu-ni sulfides	Da-1,Da-11,Da-2,Da-21,Xh-7,Xh-71,P-1,P-11	234356	Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00001	1064	1064		Re-Os		cu-ni sulfides	Da-1	157684	Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Dapoling)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00002	1304	1304		Re-Os		cu-ni sulfides	Da-11	157684	Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Dapoling)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00003	956	956		Re-Os		cu-ni sulfides	Da-2	157684	Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Dapoling)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00004	990	990		Re-Os		cu-ni sulfides	Da-21	157684	Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Dapoling)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00007	962	962		Re-Os		cu-ni sulfides	P-1	192788	Qingmingshan Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Qingmingshan)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00008	992	992		Re-Os	low	cu-ni sulfides	P-11	192788	Qingmingshan Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Qingmingshan)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00005	1004	1004		Re-Os		cu-ni sulfides	Xh-7	192786	Xiaopoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Xiaopoling)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911
SC45_911-00006	997	997		Re-Os		cu-ni sulfides	Xh-71	192786	Xiaopoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China	Baotan area (Xiaopoling)	Mao and Du (2002)	10.1360/02yd9090	SC45_911

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