Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ezhou, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 187009
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187009.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ezhou, Hubei, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Echeng District

Latitude: 30°17'9"N
Longitude: 114°55'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.285833333333,114.92916666667

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Wollastonite

27 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	39880	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	39880	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	39880	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	3	39881,39882,39883	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	3	39881,39882,39883	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	0		2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	39880	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	39880	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	3	39881,39882,39883	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	39880	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	3	39881,39882,39883	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	3	39881,39882,39883	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	39880	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	39880	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	39880,39883	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	39880	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	4	39880,39881,39882,39883	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39880	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	39880	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	39880	1247

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Chen2007tbl01-31	145	66	Cretaceous	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Electrum	187012	Chensheng Cu-Fe-(Au) Deposit, Echeng District, Ezhou, Hubei, China	Chensheng, Ezhou, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Chen2007tbl01-30	145	66	Cretaceous	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Electrum	187011	Tongkeng Cu-Fe-(Au) Deposit, Echeng District, Ezhou, Hubei, China	Tongkeng, Ezhou, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Chen2007tbl01-29	145	66	Cretaceous	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Electrum	187010	Xiangzikou Fe-S-(Au) Deposit, Echeng District, Ezhou, Hubei, China	Xiangzikou, Ezhou, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

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