Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 150

mindat Locality ID: 8301
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8301.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Furong Sn-polymetallic Ore Field
Qitianling Mine
Xintianling W-polymetallic Ore Field

Latitude: 25°33'10"N
Longitude: 112°50'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.552777777778,112.83944444444

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	Arsenopyrite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Titanite
Topaz	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Annite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Feruvite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Ixiolite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malayaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Qitianlingite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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 As B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Ta Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Mn Nb O Ta W

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Titanite
Topaz Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

46 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	160	150	2	40159,40167	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	160	150	2	40159,40167	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	160	150	2	40159,40167	1534
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	160	150	1	40157	356
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	160	150	1	40159	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	160	150	3	40159,40160,40167	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	160	150	2	40159,40167	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	160	150	2	40157,40167	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	160	150	1	40159	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	160	150	3	40159,40160,40167	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	157.1	156.1	10	40157,40158,40159,40160,40161,40162,40163,40164,40166,40167	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	160	150	4	40159,40160,40164,40167	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	160	150	1	40159	285
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	160	150	2	40159,40167	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	160	150	3	40157,40159,40167	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	160	150	2	40159,40167	8173
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	160	150	1	40157	57
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	160	150	1	40157	54
Feruvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	157.1	157.1	1	40167	15
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	160	150	2	40159,40167	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	160	150	4	40159,40160,40164,40167	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	160	150	2	40159,40167	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	160	150	2	40159,40167	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	160	150	2	40157,40167	5433
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	160	150	0		148
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	160	150	3	40159,40164,40167	14899
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)	156.1	156.1	1	40157	40
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	160	150	3	40157,40167,40168	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	160	150	3	40159,40160,40167	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	157.1	157.1	1	40167	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	160	150	2	40159,40167	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	160	150	4	40159,40160,40164,40167	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	160	150	2	40159,40167	9056
Qitianlingite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺₂Nb₂W⁶⁺O₁₀	157.1	157.1	0		2
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	160	150	3	40159,40160,40167	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	160	150	1	40157	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	160	150	2	40159,40167	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	157.1	157.1	1	40167	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	160	150	4	40159,40160,40164,40167	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	156.1	156.1	1	40157	668
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	160	150	1	40157	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	160	150	2	40159,40160	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	160	150	2	40159,40167	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	160	150	2	40159,40167	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	160	150	2	40159,40167	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	160	150	1	40157	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen001978	156.1	156.1	156.1	mineralization age	Sn	30393	Furong Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Furong	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
MD43_375-00006	160	150	160-150			30393	Furong Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Furong	Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375
Kristen001979	157.1	157.1	157.1	mineralization age	W	248415	Xintianling W-polymetallic Ore Field, Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Xintianling	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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