Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jiulong Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1900
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1900

mindat Locality ID: 224626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jiulong Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Heiniudong Cu-Zn Deposit
Liwu Cu-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 28°29'38"N
Longitude: 101°41'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.493888888889,101.68888888889

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.

Allargentum	Amphibole	Arsenic	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Staurolite	Tetradymite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amphibole Arsenic Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stannite Staurolite Tetradymite Wurtzite

26 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43391	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	43391	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	43391	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	43391	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1900	1900	0		4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1900	1900	1	43392	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	43391	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1900	1900	1	43392	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1900	1900	1	43392	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1900	1900	1	43392	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	43391	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	43391	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1900	1900	1	43392	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	17380
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1900	1900	1	43392	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1900	1900	1	43392	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1900	1900	2	43391,43392	978
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1900	1900	1	43392	2562

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
	vms-00406	1900	1900	Paleoproterozoic										S	147151	Liwu Cu-Zn Deposit, Jiulong Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Liwu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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