Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guposhan Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Jianghua Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 228992
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228992.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guposhan Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Jianghua Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chuanlingjiao Sn-(W) Deposit
Daguantang Sn-(W) Deposit
Dongguachong Sn-(W) Deposit
Guposhan REE Deposit
Yejiao Sn-(W) Deposit

Latitude: 24°41'59"N
Longitude: 111°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.699722222222,111.5

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.

Aeschynite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Potassic-richterite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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: Al As Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Th Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Mg O S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

31 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	160	1	40542	3419
Aeschynite-(Ce) ()*	Aeschynite	(Ce,Ca,Fe,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	160	160	1	40545	43
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	160	160	1	40542	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	160	160	1	40542	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	160	160	1	40542	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	160	160	1	40542	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	160	160	5	40542,40543,40544,40545,40546	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	160	160	1	40542	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	160	160	1	40542	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	160	160	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	160	160	1	40542	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	160	160	1	40545	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	160	160	2	40542,40545	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	160	160	1	40542	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	160	160	1	40545	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	160	160	1	40542	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	160	160	1	40542	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	160	160	1	40542	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	160	160	1	40545	2273
Potassic-richterite ()*	Amphibole	K(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	160	160	1	40545	21
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	160	160	1	40542	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	160	160	1	40542	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	160	160	1	40542	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	160	160	1	40542	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	160	160	1	40542	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	160	160	0		21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	160	160	1	40545	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	160	160	1	40545	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	160	160	1	40542	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	160	160	1	40542	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	160	160	1	40545	5251

1 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
	Kristen001995	160	160	160		mineralization age								Sn	228992	Guposhan Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Jianghua Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China	Guposhan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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