Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tonglüshan Mine (Tonglushan Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 144098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tonglüshan Mine (Tonglushan Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°5'2"N
Longitude: 114°56'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.083888888889,114.93472222222

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.

Allargentum	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Humite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Libethenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Seligmannite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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	150	137	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	150	137	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	150	66	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	150	137	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	150	137	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	150	137	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	150	137	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	150	66	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	150	66	285
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	150	137	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	150	137	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	150	137	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	150	66	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	150	66	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	150	137	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	137	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	150	66	1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	150	137	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	150	137	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	150	66	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	150	137	804
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	150	66	80
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	150	66	5591
Libethenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(PO₄)(OH)	150	137	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	150	66	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	66	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	150	66	511
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	150	66	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	150	66	2273
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	150	137	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	137	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	66	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	150	66	712
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	150	137	64
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	150	137	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	150	66	1934
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	150	137	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	150	137	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	150	66	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	150	137	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	150	137	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	150	137	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	150	137	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	150	66	1247

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
	Chen2007tbl01-26	145	66	Cretaceous									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite		144098	Tonglüshan Mine (Tonglushan Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Tonglushan, Daye, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	Emily000548	150	137											Au, Ag, Cu, Fe	144098	Tonglüshan Mine (Tonglushan Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Tonglushan	Zhao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00008-6	OGR14_227

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