Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wuzhou, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 208
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 157664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157664.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuzhou, Guangxi, China": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cangwu Co.
Cenxi Co.
Mengshan Co.
Teng Co.
Wanxiu District

Latitude: 23°35'53"N
Longitude: 111°5'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.598055555556,111.08472222222

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Antimonselite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bertrandite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Uraninite ()*	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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Cl O Pb

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Zircon

47 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	38618	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	38637,38646	8803
Antimonselite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂Se₃			1	38644	7
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	6	38623,38624,38629,38632,38637,38646	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	38644	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	38644	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	38618	11547
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂			1	38618	606
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	2	38624,38644	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	208	66	11	38618,38619,38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38630,38641,38644,38646	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	38644	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	15	38618,38619,38620,38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631,38637,38644,38646,38648	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	38644	566
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	208	66	2	38624,38644	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	208	66	9	38619,38623,38624,38625,38627,38628,38629,38632,38633	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	38641,38644,38646	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	208	66	8	38619,38623,38624,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	38618	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	208	66	5	38618,38619,38623,38629,38646	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	21	38616,38618,38619,38620,38622,38623,38624,38625,38626,38627,38628,38629,38630,38631,38632,38633,38634,38637,38642,38644,38646	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			3	38637,38644,38646	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	208	66	8	38620,38624,38637,38639,38640,38641,38646,38648	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	208	66	2	38627,38633	741
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	38618	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	38635	5433
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	38618	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	208	66	1	38624	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	38644,38648	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	38644,38646	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	38644	1066
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	208	66	0		1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	38619,38644	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	208	66	10	38619,38620,38624,38625,38628,38632,38637,38639,38644,38646	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	38644	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	38644	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	16	38618,38619,38620,38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631,38637,38639,38640,38644,38646	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	6	38619,38623,38624,38629,38631,38632	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	208	66	20	38616,38618,38619,38620,38622,38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631,38632,38637,38639,38640,38641,38644,38646	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	38618	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	38619,38646	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	208	66	2	38618,38624	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	20	38616,38618,38619,38620,38623,38624,38625,38626,38627,38628,38629,38630,38631,38632,38633,38634,38637,38642,38644,38646	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	208	66	1	38624	586
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	38644	1803
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	38644	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	38644	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	38635	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
	Chen2007tbl01-06	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		186997	Fuzichong Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit, Fuzichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field (Fozichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field), Cenxi Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China	Fuzichong, Cenxi, Guangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	sedznpb-00158	208	90	Yanshanian											186997	Fuzichong Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit, Fuzichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field (Fozichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field), Cenxi Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China	Fozichong	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050186	Wuzhou, Guangxi, China	https://rruff.info/R050186
R050116	Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China	https://rruff.info/R050116
R100002	Wutong Mine (Wudong Mine), Liubao, Cangwu Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China	https://rruff.info/R100002

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