Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jinchang Mine, Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 145603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinchang Mine, Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°35'42"N
Longitude: 118°24'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.595,118.40611111111

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Garnet	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Spinel

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: Au C Ca Cu Fe Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Au C Ca Cu Fe Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Garnet None Pyrite Pyroxene Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	4135
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462

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
	Chen2007tbl01-48	145	66	Cretaceous							Yes		Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Magnetite, Pyrite		26688	Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China	Yinan, , Shandong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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