Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yadu Pb-Zn Deposit (Yadou Pb-Zn Deposit), Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 260106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yadu Pb-Zn Deposit (Yadou Pb-Zn Deposit), Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	100	100	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100	100	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	100	100	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	100	100	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	100	100	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	100	100	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	100	100	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	100	100	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	100	100	7437
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	100	100	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	100	100	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	100	100	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	100	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	100	100	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	100	100	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	100	100	21482

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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