Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.


Locality Name:
Yagongtang Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 186998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yagongtang Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°33'0"N
Longitude: 112°35'12"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.55,112.58666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluoriteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteZippeite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Przhevalskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1456609052
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1456608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566030554
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566017380
Przhevalskite  (*)NonePb(UO2)2(PO4)2·4H2O1456602
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81456609056
Silver  (*)CopperAg1456605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566021482
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21456602718
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)4145660175


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Chen2007tbl01-0914566Cretaceous     YesArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum 6469Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au Deposit, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, ChinaKangjiawan, Changning, HunanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
sedznpb-00179150143150–143     Yes  156932Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, ChinaShuikoushanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Chen2007tbl01-1014566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Electrum 186998Yagongtang Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, ChinaYagongtang, Changning, HunanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...