Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cida Intrusion, Dechang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 230
Youngest recorded age at locality: 230

mindat Locality ID: 144553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cida Intrusion, Dechang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°12'0"N
Longitude: 102°5'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.2,102.08333333333

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	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Quartz	Scheelite	Titanite	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 Ca F Fe H Na Nb O Si Th Ti Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H Na Nb O Si Th Ti Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Feldspar Fluorite None Quartz Scheelite Titanite Zircon

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Quartz ()*
Riebeckite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	230	230	8803
Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	None	YNbO₄	230	230	17
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	230	230	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	230	230	9617
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	230	230	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	230	230	375
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	230	230	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	230	230	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	230	230	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-00258	230	230	230 Ma											144553	Cida Intrusion, Dechang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Cida	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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