Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Liwu Cu-Zn Deposit, 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: 147151
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147151.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liwu Cu-Zn Deposit, Jiulong Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stannite	Staurolite	Tetradymite
Wurtzite

Bismuth ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Galena ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn

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

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1900	1900	1966
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1900	1900	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1900	1900	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1900	1900	802
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1900	1900	180
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1900	1900	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1900	1900	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1900	1900	1507
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1900	1900	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1900	1900	17380
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1900	1900	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1900	1900	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1900	1900	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1900	1900	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1900	1900	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1900	1900	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1900	1900	978
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1900	1900	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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