Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 309

mindat Locality ID: 146946
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146946.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°38'0"N
Longitude: 102°52'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.633333333333,102.86666666667

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.

Acanthite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Willemite ()*	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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Feldspar
Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1000	309	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	309	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1000	309	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1000	309	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1000	309	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1000	309	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	309	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1000	309	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1000	309	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1000	309	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	309	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1000	309	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	309	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1000	309	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	439	309	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1000	309	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1000	309	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1000	309	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1000	309	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1000	309	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1000	309	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1000	309	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1000	309	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1000	309	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	309	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1000	309	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	309	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1000	309	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	309	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1000	309	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1000	309	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	366	366	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1000	309	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1000	309	303
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1000	309	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
EG86_831_0001	439	309	374 ± 65	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	146946	Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Daliangzi deposit	Zheng (1991)	EG86_831
EG86_831_0002	366	366	366	Rb-Sr	mineralization	sphalerite	Sphalerite	146946	Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Daliangzi deposit	Zheng (1991)	EG86_831
sedexmvt-00090	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age			146946	Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Daliangzi	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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