Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Basalt Cu Occurrences, Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 187330
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187330.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Basalt Cu Occurrences, Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Facaichong Cu Deposit
Heishanpo Cu Deposit
Tongchanghe Cu Deposit
Zhangsigou Cu Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz

Actinolite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz

15 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	100	100	0		3419
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	100	100	0		5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	100	100	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	4	38711,38712,38713,38714	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	100	100	4	38711,38712,38713,38714	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	100	100	4	38711,38712,38713,38714	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	100	100	0		2970
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	100	100	0		9617
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	100	100	0		1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	100	100	4	38711,38712,38713,38714	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	3	38711,38712,38713	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	4	38711,38712,38713,38714	61156
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	100	100	0		1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	100	100	0		2562

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
	sedcu-00354	100	100	Cretaceous							Yes			Cu	187329	Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China	Weining	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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