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:
Wulashan Au Deposit, Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1855
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1828

mindat Locality ID: 64525
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64525.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wulashan Au Deposit, Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°42'0"N
Longitude: 109°24'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.7,109.40416666667
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Y Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllargentumAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparLepidocrociteMalachiteMeloniteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTitaniteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Altaite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Titanite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe185518280489
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21855182803092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1855182809052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31855182801935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)185518280716
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2185518280361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)18551828027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1855182804979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS218551828027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1855182804165
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)185518280180
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1855182808173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18551828024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1855182807437
Gold  (*)CopperAu18551828030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O318551828014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61855182802228
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)185518280581
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O418551828014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)218551828012537
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2185518280207
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1855182804924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21855182805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)218551828017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1855182802349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2185518280409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS218551828039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO218551828061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)185518280598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1855182806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18551828021482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4185518280337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1855182804899
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)185518280939


2 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
Bradley_2012_081184218281835±7U/Pb zircon   Zircon  64525Wulashan Au Deposit, Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, ChinaWulashan - Lode No. 13McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Bradley_2012_152185518371846±9U/Pb zircon   Zircon  64525Wulashan Au Deposit, Wulashan Mining District, Binhe New District, Baotou League (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China[Wulashan Gold Dep.]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...