Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 191.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 172.8

mindat Locality ID: 155731
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155731.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Huya Township
Shuijing

Latitude: 32°28'30"N
Longitude: 104°13'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.475,104.225

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	Apatite	Beryl	Bournonite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Geocronite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*
Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kësterite ()*	Magnesio-foitite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Mushistonite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Titanite ()*	Vismirnovite ()*

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 As Au B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Beryl Bournonite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Geocronite Malachite Mica Molybdenite None Perovskite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Titanite Tourmaline

37 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
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	191.2	172.8	1	43580	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4286
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	191.2	172.8	1	43581	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	191.2	172.8	1	43581	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	191.2	172.8	1	43580	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	27198
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	191.2	172.8	2	43580	57
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	191.2	172.8	1	43581	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	191.2	172.8	1	43581	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	191.2	172.8	1	43581	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	43584	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	191.2	172.8	1	43580	350
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	191.2	172.8	1	43581	5433
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	191.2	172.8	1	43581	82
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	22
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	191.2	172.8	1	43581	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	17380
Mushistonite ()*	Perovskite	Cu²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	191.2	172.8	1	43581	7
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	191.2	172.8	1	43580	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	191.2	172.8	3	43580,43581,43583	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	191.2	172.8	1	43580	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	191.2	172.8	2	43581,43583	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	2705
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	191.2	172.8	1	43580	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	191.2	172.8	1	43581	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	191.2	172.8	1	43579	668
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4899
Vismirnovite ()*	Perovskite	ZnSn(OH)₆	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4

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
	Jen_0001439	191.2	172.8	182 ± 9.2		age of mineralization		scheelite				Scheelite			5416	Pingwu Beryl Mine (Huya W-Sn-Be Deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit), Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	Huya	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050065	Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	https://rruff.info/R050065
R120098	Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	https://rruff.info/R120098
R060153	Pingwu Beryl Mine (Huya W-Sn-Be Deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit), Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	https://rruff.info/R060153

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