Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 152

mindat Locality ID: 715
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-715.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°27'30"N
Longitude: 112°34'1"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.458333333333,112.56694444444

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	Allargentum	Amphibole	Analcime	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Cristobalite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Hulsite
Humite	Löllingite	Mica	Molybdenite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Phenakite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Tetrahedrite	Thortveitite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Sc Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Analcime Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Brucite Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Cristobalite Feldspar Fluorite Hulsite
Humite Löllingite Mica Molybdenite Natrolite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Phenakite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Tetrahedrite Thortveitite Topaz Vesuvianite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Balipholite ()*	Behoite ()*
Bertrandite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bromellite ()*	Brucite ()*
Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Euclase ()*
Eucryptite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Hambergite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hsianghualite ()*
Hulsite ()*	Humite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Liberite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nordenskiöldine ()*	Phenakite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphaerobertrandite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thortveitite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zinconigerite-2N1S ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	160	152	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	160	152	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	160	152	9052
Balipholite ()*	Carpholite	LiBaMg₂Al₃(Si₂O₆)₂(OH)₈	160	152	1
Behoite ()*	Cristobalite	Be(OH)₂	160	152	24
Bertrandite ()*	Not in a structural group	Be₄Si₂O₇(OH)₂	160	152	606
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	160	152	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	160	152	1966
Bromellite ()*	None	BeO	160	152	9
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	160	152	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	160	152	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	160	152	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	160	152	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	160	152	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	160	152	285
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	160	152	321
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	160	152	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	160	152	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	160	152	180
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	160	152	120
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	160	152	29
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	160	152	551
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	160	152	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	160	152	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	160	152	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	160	152	24243
Hambergite ()*	None	Be₂(BO₃)(OH)	160	152	81
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	160	152	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	160	152	14640
Hsianghualite ()*	Analcime	Li₂Ca₃Be₃(SiO₄)₃F₂	160	152	2
Hulsite ()*	Hulsite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	160	152	15
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	160	152	80
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	160	152	784
Liberite ()*	None	Li₂Be(SiO₄)	160	152	1
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	160	152	762
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S ()*	None	Mg₃BeAl₈O₁₆	160	152	18
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	160	152	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	160	152	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	160	152	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	160	152	1236
Nordenskiöldine ()*	None	CaSn(BO₃)₂	160	152	16
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	160	152	326
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	160	152	2273
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	160	152	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	160	152	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	160	152	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	160	152	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	160	152	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	160	152	4894
Sphaerobertrandite ()*	None	Be₃(SiO₄)(OH)₂	160	152	11
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	160	152	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	160	152	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	160	152	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	160	152	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	160	152	5317
Thortveitite ()*	Thortveitite	Sc₂Si₂O₇	160	152	54
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	160	152	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	160	152	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	160	152	1395
Zinconigerite-2N1S ()*	None	ZnSn₂Al₁₂O₂₂(OH)₂	160	152	4
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	160	152	5251

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
	Be-00007	160	152	156	U-Pb		high	cassiterite			Yes	Cassiterite	Hsianghualite, Liberite, Ferrotaaffeite-2N2S	Be	157020	Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China		Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375
	Grew_Li_2019_0047	155	155	155							Yes		Hsianghualite		157020	Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Xianghualing ore field, Linwu County, Hunan Province, China	Yuan et al. (2008); Zhu et al. (2011)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060722	Xianghualing Mine (Hsianghualing Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	https://rruff.info/R060722

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