Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caishenmiao Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 243917
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243917.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caishenmiao Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Kobellite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tintinaite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Fluorite
Kaolinite Kobellite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	162	66	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	162	66	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	162	66	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	162	66	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	162	66	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	162	66	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	162	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	162	66	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	162	66	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	162	66	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	162	66	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	162	66	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	162	66	5591
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	162	66	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	162	66	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	162	66	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	162	66	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	162	66	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	162	66	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	162	66	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	162	66	5317
Tintinaite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₀Cu₂Sb₁₆S₃₅	162	66	24

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
	Chen2007tbl01-08	145	66	Cretaceous							Yes		Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum		157415	Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Baoshan, Guiyang, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	MD43_375-00005	162	158	160±2							Yes				157415	Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Baoshan	Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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