Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xianrenyan Au Deposit, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 156930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xianrenyan Au Deposit, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, 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.

Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

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 Au C Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Copper Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Spinel

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	150	66	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	150	66	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	150	66	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	66	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	66	61156

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Chen2007tbl01-09	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum	6469	Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au Deposit, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	Kangjiawan, Changning, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
sedznpb-00179	150	143	150–143	Yes		156932	Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	Shuikoushan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
Chen2007tbl01-10	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Electrum	186998	Yagongtang Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	Yagongtang, Changning, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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