Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qibaoshan Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 156960
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156960.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qibaoshan Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°17'26"N
Longitude: 113°56'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.290555555556,113.9375

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pavonite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Valleriite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pavonite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Valleriite Wollastonite
Wurtzite Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*
Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pavonite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Valleriite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	145	66	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	66	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	145	66	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	66	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	145	66	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145	66	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	145	66	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	145	66	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	145	66	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	145	66	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	145	66	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	145	66	5433
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	145	66	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	145	66	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	145	66	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	17380
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	145	66	72
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	66	2273
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	145	66	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	145	66	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	66	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	145	66	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	145	66	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	66	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	145	66	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	145	66	237
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	145	66	5251

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
	Chen2007tbl01-12	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		156960	Qibaoshan Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China	Qibaoshan, Liuyang, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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