Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Liuzhou, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 383

mindat Locality ID: 145508
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145508.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liuzhou, Guangxi, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Liujiang Co.
Luzhai Co.
Rong'an Co.
Rongshui Co.
Sanjiang Co.

Latitude: 24°59'36"N
Longitude: 109°31'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.993333333333,109.52666666667

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Coronadite	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite
Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wurtzite	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Coronadite Corundum Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Millerite
Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Argentopentlandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Birnessite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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			1	38562	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	38561,38562	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	38562	2734
Argentopentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Ag(Fe,Ni)₈S₈			1	38562	67
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	38548,38561,38562	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	419	383	1	38552	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	38562	4286
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	38546	178
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	38544	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	419	383	4	38543,38552,38562,38564	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			4	38548,38555,38561,38562	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂			1	38549	94
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			7	38557,38558,38559,38560,38561,38562,38564	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			3	38556,38559,38560	3902
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			3	38559,38560,38562	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈			1	38562	82
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			2	38544,38546	599
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			4	38556,38559,38560,38562	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			4	38557,38558,38559,38560	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	419	383	3	38552,38561,38564	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	38562	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			1	38549	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	419	383	4	38548,38552,38561,38562	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	419	383	5	38551,38552,38561,38562,38564	24243
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	419	383	1	38552	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			9	38548,38549,38556,38557,38558,38559,38560,38561,38562	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	38562	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄			2	38559,38560	249
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			2	38559,38560	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			7	38549,38556,38557,38558,38559,38560,38562	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	38557,38561	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			3	38558,38559,38560	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	419	383	4	38548,38552,38562,38564	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			2	38544,38546	121
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			2	38559,38560	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			6	38556,38557,38558,38559,38561,38562	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	419	383	8	38548,38552,38557,38559,38560,38561,38562,38564	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	38544,38546	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	38548	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			6	38556,38558,38559,38560,38561,38562	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	419	383	7	38546,38548,38552,38555,38561,38562,38564	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	38548,38559,38560	5614
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	38560	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	419	383	5	38551,38552,38561,38562,38564	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	38562	668
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	38560	75
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			4	38559,38560,38561,38562	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	38562	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	38549	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	38548,38549,38561	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			5	38556,38557,38558,38560,38562	2562
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂			1	38562	56
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	38549	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	38549	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	38562	1025

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
	sedexmvt-00108	419	383	Early-Middle Devonian		host rock age									64729	Siding Mine (Shiding Mine), Siding-Gudan Pb-Zn Ore Field, Rong'an Co., Liuzhou, Guangxi, China	Siding	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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