Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 278
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231

mindat Locality ID: 144543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°15'1"N
Longitude: 110°12'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.250277777778,110.20055555556

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.

Apatite	Burbankite	Calcite	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Rutile

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 Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ta Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe K Mg Na Nb O P S Si Sr Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Burbankite Calcite Columbite Feldspar Fluorite None Pyrite Rutile

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Ankerite ()*	Burbankite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fersmite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Rutile ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	278	231	3092
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	278	231	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	278	231	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	278	231	9895
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	278	231	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	278	231	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	278	231	9617
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	251	251	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	278	231	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	278	231	5614

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000813	MAGMATIC STYLE: A lens-shaped intrusion several hundred metres in length. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: A range of sodic syenites
Jen_0000814	MAGMATIC STYLE: A lens-shaped intrusion several hundred metres in length. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: A range of sodic syenites
Jen_0000815	MAGMATIC STYLE: A lens-shaped intrusion several hundred metres in length. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: A range of sodic syenites

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000813	264	264	264				144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000814	251	251	251	K-Ar	microcline	Microcline	144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Yang and Woolley (2006)		JAES27_559
Jen_0000815	278	278	278	K-Ar	biotite		144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Yang and Woolley (2006)		JAES27_559
ree-00250	278	231	231-278 Ma				144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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