Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mofanggou Mine, Tongshi Complex, Pingyi Co., Linyi, Shandong, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 145588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mofanggou Mine, Tongshi Complex, Pingyi Co., Linyi, Shandong, 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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Melonite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	66	2734
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	145	66	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	145	66	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	145	66	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482

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
	Chen2007tbl01-47	145	66	Cretaceous							Yes		Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite		64180	Guilaizhuang Mine, Tongshi Complex, Pingyi Co., Linyi, Shandong, China	Guilaizhuang, Pingyi, Shandong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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