Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 40.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 27.8

mindat Locality ID: 73232
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-73232.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°26'52"N
Longitude: 101°58'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.447777777778,101.97888888889

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Parisite	Pectolite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sapphirine
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	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: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Mica
Molybdenite None Parisite Pectolite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sapphirine
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Titanite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maoniupingite-(Ce) ()*	Massicot ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Röntgenite-(Ce) ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Witherite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	40.3	27.8	2793
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	40.3	27.8	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	40.3	27.8	286
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	40.3	27.8	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	40.3	27.8	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	40.3	27.8	1036
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40.3	27.8	295
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	40.3	27.8	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	40.3	27.8	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	40.3	27.8	304
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	40.3	27.8	1935
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	40.3	27.8	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	40.3	27.8	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	40.3	27.8	1252
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	40.3	27.8	94
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	40.3	27.8	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	40.3	27.8	27198
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	40.3	27.8	89
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	40.3	27.8	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	40.3	27.8	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	40.3	27.8	9617
Fluornatropyrochlore ()*	None	(Na,Pb,Ca,REE,U)₂Nb₂O₆F	40.3	27.8	10
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	40.3	27.8	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	40.3	27.8	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	40.3	27.8	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	40.3	27.8	14640
Hydroxycalciopyrochlore ()*	None	(Ca,Na,U, )₂(Nb,Ti)₂O₆(OH)	40.3	27.8	10
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	40.3	27.8	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	40.3	27.8	1089
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	40.3	27.8	99
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40.3	27.8	93
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	40.3	27.8	14899
Maoniupingite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	(Ce,Ca)₄(Fe³⁺,Ti,Fe²⁺, )(Ti,Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Nb)₄Si₄O₂₂	40.3	27.8	2
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	40.3	27.8	202
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40.3	27.8	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	40.3	27.8	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	40.3	27.8	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	40.3	27.8	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	40.3	27.8	112
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	40.3	27.8	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	40.3	27.8	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	40.3	27.8	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	40.3	27.8	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	40.3	27.8	375
Röntgenite-(Ce) ()*	None	Ca₂Ce₃(CO₃)₅F₃	40.3	27.8	15
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	40.3	27.8	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	40.3	27.8	353
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	40.3	27.8	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	40.3	27.8	589
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	40.3	27.8	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	40.3	27.8	4899
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	40.3	27.8	251
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	40.3	27.8	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	40.3	27.8	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	40.3	27.8	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	40.3	27.8	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000645	MAGMATIC STYLE: Plug 1400 m long and 260-350 m wide. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Unspecified alkaline rocks, aegirine syenite and granite.
Jen_0000646	MAGMATIC STYLE: Plug 1400 m long and 260-350 m wide. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Unspecified alkaline rocks, aegirine syenite and granite.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000645	34	34	34			73232	Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Maoniuping Mine	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000646	40.3	27.8	27.8-40.3	K-Ar	biotite, arfvedsonite	73232	Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Maoniuping Mine	Yang and Woolley(2006)		JAES27_559
ree-00261	40.3	27.8	27.8-40.3 Ma (K-Ar, arf & bio)	K-Ar	arfvedsonite, biotite	73232	Maoniuping Mine, Mianning Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Maoniuping	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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