Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wujia Au Deposit, Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 244326
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244326.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wujia Au Deposit, Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, 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.

Alunite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	145	66	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	145	66	1382
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	2970
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	66	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	12537
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	145	66	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145	66	1101

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
	Chen2007tbl01-15	145	66	Cretaceous							Yes		Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite		157437	Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China	Wushan, Ruichang, Jiangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	Chen2007tbl01-16	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		244326	Wujia Au Deposit, Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China	Wujia, Ruichang, Jiangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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