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:
Shangfanggou Mine (Shangfang Mine), Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 156
Youngest recorded age at locality: 146

mindat Locality ID: 64736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shangfanggou Mine (Shangfang Mine), Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°54'52"N
Longitude: 111°27'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.914444444444,111.465

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Zircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	156	146	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	156	146	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	156	146	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	156	146	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	156	146	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	156	146	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	156	146	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	156	146	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	156	146	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	156	146	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	156	146	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	156	146	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	156	146	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	156	146	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	156	146	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	156	146	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	156	146	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	156	146	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	156	146	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
	Kristen002244	156	146	156-146	Re-Os	mineralization age		molybdenite			Yes	Molybdenite		Mo, W	135126	Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu Mo Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
	Mo-00325	156	146	156–146	Re-Os			molybdenite			Yes	Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite	Mo	135126	Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu Mo deposit	Zhang et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-004-0451-y	MD39_960

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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