Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Beijing, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 155.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 134

mindat Locality ID: 123280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beijing, China": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 38

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Changping District
Fangshan District
Huairou District
Mentougou District
Miyun District
Pinggu District
Yanqing District

Latitude: 40°27'0"N
Longitude: 116°40'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.45,116.6775

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bismutite	Boracite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Zircon
hauchecornite

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 Au B Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Bismutite Boracite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Malachite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Zircon
hauchecornite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chambersite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Chromite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hauchecornite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maucherite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nickeline ()*	Paragonite ()*	Parkerite ()*	Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Petzite ()*
Pingguite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	37160	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	37160,37178	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	37155	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	37159	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37180	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	37160	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	37156	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	37160	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	37160	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	37159,37180	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	37197	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	37197	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	37190	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	37160	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	37160,37178,37180,37190	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	155.4	134	6	37154,37159,37160,37161,37180,37189	27198
Chambersite ()*	Boracite	Mn₃B₇O₁₃Cl			1	37191	11
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	37170	376
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	37176	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	37173	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	37189,37191	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	37159,37160,37178,37180	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	155.4	134	2	37154,37162	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	155.4	134	4	37153,37160,37187,37189	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	37167	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	37159,37160,37185,37189,37190	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37173	1544
Hauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉BiSbS₈			1	37197	27
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			7	37158,37159,37164,37166,37178,37180,37196	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	37160	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	155.4	134	19	37154,37158,37160,37164,37165,37166,37172,37173,37174,37175,37177,37178,37179,37180,37181,37182,37183,37184,37193	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	37190	12537
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈			1	37197	161
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	155.4	134	4	37154,37161,37167,37194	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	155.4	134	6	37154,37159,37160,37161,37178,37180	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	37197	633
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37170	247
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂			1	37197	55
Perrierite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄MgFe³⁺₂Ti₂O₈(Si₂O₇)₂			1	37195	46
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	37160	409
Pingguite ()*	None	Bi₆Te⁶⁺₂O₁₅			1	37190	5
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	155.4	134	7	37154,37159,37160,37167,37180,37189,37194	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	37155	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	37190	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	37160	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	155.4	134	9	37154,37159,37160,37173,37178,37180,37185,37189,37190	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	37155,37191	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	37155	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	37180	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	155.4	134	2	37154,37190	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	155.4	134	2	37153,37160	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37155	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	155.4	134	5	37154,37160,37187,37189,37193	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)			1	37160	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	37160	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37178	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			1	37160	190
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	37160,37178	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	37180	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Emily000374	explosive breccia pipe type deposit
Emily000375	explosive breccia pipe type deposit
Emily000376	explosive breccia pipe type deposit

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
Emily000374	153.73	140.47	147.1±6.63	Re-Os	molybdenite	DC-95-1	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	144528	Dazhuangke Mo-W Deposit, Changping District, Beijing, China	Dazhuangke	Huang et al. (1996)	MD15_363
Emily000375	155.4	134	144.7±10.7	Re-Os	molybdenite	DC-95-11	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	144528	Dazhuangke Mo-W Deposit, Changping District, Beijing, China	Dazhuangke	Huang et al. (1996)	MD15_363
Emily000376	152.3	140.5	146.4±5.9	Re-Os	molybdenite	DC-95-2	Molybdenite	Molybdenite	144528	Dazhuangke Mo-W Deposit, Changping District, Beijing, China	Dazhuangke	Huang et al. (1996)	MD15_363

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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