Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Malage Ore Field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 52128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malage Ore Field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bai Shanchong Granite
Bainidong Mine
Laoyinshan Mine
Malage Mine
Yinjiadong Mine

Latitude: 23°22'12"N
Longitude: 103°15'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.37,103.25916666667

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.

Adelite	Allophane	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Corundum	Danburite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite
Phenakite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wöhlerite

Amesite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Conichalcite ()*	Cuspidine ()*	Danburite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dzhalindite ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Genthelvite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Hongheite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Nordenskiöldine ()*
Pargasite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schoenfliesite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Willemite ()*
Wiluite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H In Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H In Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Allophane Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Corundum Danburite Diaspore Fluorite Garnet Malachite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite
Phenakite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wöhlerite

47 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
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	145	66	0		74
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	0		1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	0		9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	83.4	83.4	0		5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	145	66	1	44948	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	83.4	83.4	3	44946,44947,44948	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	66	0		4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	83.4	83.4	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	44947,44948	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	83.4	83.4	0		3531
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	83.4	83.4	0		363
Cuspidine ()*	Wöhlerite	Ca₈(Si₂O₇)₂F₄	145	66	0		67
Danburite ()*	Danburite	CaB₂Si₂O₈	145	66	0		148
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	0		9895
Dzhalindite ()*	Perovskite	In(OH)₃	145	66	0		16
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	145	66	0		52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	2	44945,44946	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	145	66	0		60
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	0		7437
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	145	66	0		741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	0		14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	145	66	0		1689
Hongheite ()*	Vesuvianite	Ca₁₉Fe²⁺Al₄(Fe³⁺,Mg,Al)₈( ,B)₄BSi₁₈O₆₉(O,OH)₉	145	66	1	44944	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	83.4	83.4	0		12537
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	145	66	0		1107
Nordenskiöldine ()*	None	CaSn(BO₃)₂	83.4	83.4	0		16
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	0		313
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	145	66	0		494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	0		1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	0		61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	145	66	1	44948	4894
Schoenfliesite ()*	Perovskite	MgSn(OH)₆	83.4	83.4	0		10
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	0		1153
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	66	0		2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	0		21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	145	66	0		1934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	83.4	83.4	0		5317
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	83.4	83.4	0		56
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	145	66	0		303
Wiluite ()*	Vesuvianite	Ca₁₉(Al,Mg)₁₃(B, ,Al)₅(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(O,OH)₁₀	145	66	0		6
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	145	66	0		1655

2 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
	Kristen002010	83.4	83.4	83.4		mineralization age					Yes			Sn, Cu	31920	Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China	Gejiu	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	Chen2007tbl01-02	145	66	Cretaceous?							Yes		Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum		186995	Jixinnao Au-Cu Deposit, Kafang Ore Field (Kafang Mine), Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China	Jixinnao, Gejiu, Yunnan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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