Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saima Complex, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 231278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saima Complex, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Saima Town
Saima U-REE Deposit
Shajia (Shachia)

Latitude: 40°59'41"N
Longitude: 124°14'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.994722222222,124.24472222222

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.

Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Catapleiite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite
Clay	Corundum	Eudialyte	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Labuntsovite	Mica	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pectolite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*
Catapleiite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Eudialyte ()*	Fengchengite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Hezuolinite ()*	Humite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lamprophyllite ()*	Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*
Melanocerite-(Ce) ()*	Microcline ()*	Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nenadkevichite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Richterite ()*	Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	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 B C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B Ce H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Brookite Calcite Cancrinite Catapleiite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite
Clay Corundum Eudialyte Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Humite Labuntsovite Mica Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pectolite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

48 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	245	217	2	42002,42003	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	245	217	1	42002	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	245	217	1	42002	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	245	217	1	42002	1627
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	245	217	1	42002	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	245	217	1	42002	1534
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	295
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	245	217	1	42002	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	245	217	1	42002	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	245	217	1	42002	232
Catapleiite ()*	Catapleiite	Na₂Zr(Si₃O₉)·2H₂O	245	217	1	42002	113
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	245	217	1	42002	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	245	217	1	42002	4135
Eudialyte ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₅Ca₆Fe₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(O,OH,H₂O)₃(Cl,OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	182
Fengchengite ()*	Eudialyte	Na₁₂ ₃Ca₆Fe³⁺₃Zr₃Si(Si₂₅O₇₃)(H₂O)₃(OH)₂			1	42001	1
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	245	217	1	42002	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	245	217	1	42002	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	245	217	1	42002	24243
Hezuolinite ()*	Chevkinite	(Sr,REE)₄Zr(Ti,Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺)₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	42003	1
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	245	217	1	42002	80
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	245	217	1	42002	5433
Lamprophyllite ()*	None	(SrNa)Ti₂Na₃Ti(Si₂O₇)₂O₂(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	63
Loparite-(Ce) ()*	Perovskite	(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂O₆	245	217	1	42002	57
Magnesio-arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	79
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	93
Melanocerite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	Ce₅(SiO₄,BO₄)₃(OH,O)	245	217	0		7
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	245	217	1	42002	4924
Mosandrite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)[(H₂O)₂Ca_0.5 _0.5]Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OH)₂(H₂O)₂	245	217	2	42002,42003	45
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	245	217	1	42002	1236
Nenadkevichite ()*	Labuntsovite	(Na, )₈Nb₄(Si₄O₁₂)₂(O,OH)₄·8H₂O	245	217	1	42002	19
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	245	217	2	42002,42003	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	245	217	1	42002	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	245	217	1	42002	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	245	217	1	42002	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	245	217	1	42002	61156
Richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	148
Rinkite-(Ce) ()*	None	(Ca₃REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si₂O₇)₂(OF)F₂	245	217	1	42002	53
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	245	217	1	42002	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	245	217	1	42002	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	245	217	1	42002	589
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	245	217	1	42002	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	245	217	1	42002	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	245	217	1	42002	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	245	217	1	42002	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	245	217	1	42002	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	245	217	1	42002	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
	ree-00264	245	217	217-245 Ma											5544	Saima U-REE Deposit, Saima Complex, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China	Saima	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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