Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lishui, Zhejiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 103.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 99.1

mindat Locality ID: 131698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-131698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lishui, Zhejiang, China": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Jinyun Co.
Longquan Co.
Qingtian Co.
Qingyuan Co.
Suichang Co.

Latitude: 28°20'20"N
Longitude: 119°27'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.338888888889,119.4525

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	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Brownleeite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corrensite
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Wurtzite
Xifengite

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Arsenopyrite Brownleeite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corrensite
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Jalpaite Kaolinite Marcasite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Mordenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Wurtzite
Xifengite

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Linzhiite ()*	Lunijianlaite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Mordenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naquite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*
Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Selenopolybasite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talnakhite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Xifengite ()*

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			3	45406,45411,45427	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	45427	312
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	45427	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	45406,45427	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	45427	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	45406	9052
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	45427	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	45404,45406,45427	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	45420	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	45404,45406,45410,45420,45427,45428	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	103.3	99.1	2	45414,45415	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	45420	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	103.3	99.1	1	45414	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	45404	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			5	45404,45406,45420,45425,45427	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			4	45407,45422,45425,45427	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			10	45404,45406,45408,45410,45411,45417,45419,45420,45425,45427	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	45406,45427	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	45406,45427	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	103.3	99.1	3	45414,45420,45427	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	45427	804
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	45427	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	45406,45427	5591
Linzhiite ()*	None	FeSi₂			1	45405	7
Lunijianlaite ()*	Corrensite	Li_0.7Al_6.2(Si₇Al)O₂₀(OH,O)₁₀	103.3	99.1	1	45414	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	45410,45416,45420,45427	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	45404	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	45408,45416,45427	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	45403	1508
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	45403	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	103.3	99.1	10	45404,45406,45411,45414,45415,45416,45417,45420,45425,45427	17380
Naquite ()*	Brownleeite	FeSi			1	45405	8
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	45427	192
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	45427	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	45427	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	45427	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	45406	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			9	45404,45406,45410,45411,45416,45417,45425,45427,45428	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	103.3	99.1	4	45406,45414,45415,45427	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	45406,45420,45427	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			10	45403,45404,45406,45411,45415,45416,45417,45420,45425,45427	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	45427	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	45427	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	45416	4894
Selenopolybasite ()*	None	Cu(Ag,Cu)₆Ag₉Sb₂(S,Se)₉Se₂			1	45427	6
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	45406,45427	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			11	45404,45406,45408,45410,45411,45417,45419,45420,45425,45427,45428	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	103.3	99.1	1	45414	105
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	45427	337
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆			1	45427	35
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			2	45406,45427	276
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	45409	2718
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			1	45427	64
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	45420	372
Xifengite ()*	Xifengite	Fe₅Si₃			1	45405	5

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
	Alexandra-0103	103.3	99.1	101.2 ± 2.1	U-Pb	Age of intrusion		zircon	3			Zircon			5595	Pyrophyllite Deposit, Haikou, Qingtian Co., Lishui, Zhejiang, China	Pyrophyllite Deposit	Qiu et al. (2004)	10.1130/0-8137-2389-2.227	GSASP389_227	Tab. 1

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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