Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shaoguan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 133818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 79
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 64

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Lechang Co.
Nanxiong Co.
Qujiang District
Renhua Co.
Ruyuan Co.
Shixing Co.
Wengyuan Co.

Latitude: 24°58'44"N
Longitude: 113°47'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.978888888889,113.7925

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite
Brookite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Cerite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fillowite	Fluorite	Graftonite	Iron	Kaolinite
Kobellite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Owyheeite	Perovskite	Phosphuranylite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Schoepite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Topaz	Wurtzite	Wölsendorfite	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 As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Bournonite
Brookite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Cerite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fillowite Fluorite Graftonite Iron Kaolinite
Kobellite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Olivine Owyheeite Perovskite Phosphuranylite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Schoepite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Topaz Wurtzite Wölsendorfite Zircon

115 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Amesite ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Becquerelite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calciouranoite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chromite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Dickite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Fourmarierite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Galileiite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graftonite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Merrillite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Owyheeite ()*	Uranophane-β ()*
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phurcalite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schoepite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Taenite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Tintinaite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Vismirnovite ()*
Whitlockite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yingjiangite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	393	66	2	38057,38071	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164.7	66	3	38057,38059,38102	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	164.7	66	7	38057,38059,38088,38091,38096,38101,38111	8803
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄			2	38050,38082	74
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	164.7	66	1	38057	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	393	323	1	38071	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	393	323	1	38071	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	93	93	3	38053,38086,38102	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	393	66	5	38057,38059,38071,38091,38096	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	93	93	4	38051,38064,38073,38098	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	164.7	164.7	1	38057	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	323	1	38071	11547
Becquerelite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	93	93	1	38098	92
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	164.7	66	5	38057,38088,38091,38092,38096	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	393	66	8	38052,38057,38059,38071,38088,38091,38092,38096	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	393	66	3	38057,38071,38096	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	393	323	1	38071	1089
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	38096	700
Calciouranoite ()*	Wölsendorfite	(Ca,Ba,Pb,K,Na)U₂O₇·5H₂O	93	93	1	38098	4
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	66	23	38036,38039,38040,38043,38046,38050,38057,38064,38071,38096,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	164.7	66	8	38046,38052,38057,38059,38088,38091,38092,38093	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	393	323	2	38039,38071	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	393	93	4	38057,38071,38091,38101	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	66	8	38057,38059,38071,38091,38092,38096,38101,38108	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	93	93	1	38098	577
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	38113	3902
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	393	323	3	38058,38071,38074	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	93	93	4	38050,38082,38101,38102	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	93	93	13	38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	164.7	164.7	1	38057	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	38059	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	38092	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	164.7	164.7	1	38057	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	164.7	164.7	1	38057	2970
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	38040	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	164.7	66	1	38057	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	66	2	38057,38071	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	38091	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	164.7	66	4	38057,38059,38064,38098	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	164.7	164.7	1	38057	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	393	93	28	38037,38038,38041,38047,38050,38059,38064,38071,38075,38081,38082,38087,38091,38092,38096,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	38113	1188
Fourmarierite ()*	Schoepite	Pb_1-xO_3-2x(UO₂)₄(OH)_4+2x·4H₂O	93	93	1	38098	61
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	393	323	1	38071	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	66	11	38039,38044,38045,38057,38059,38064,38071,38088,38096,38101,38108	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	38092	192
Galileiite ()*	Fillowite	NaFe²⁺₄(PO₄)₃			1	38113	5
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	164.7	66	1	38057	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	164.7	66	3	38057,38095,38098	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	164.7	66	1	38057	30554
Graftonite ()*	Graftonite	Fe²⁺Fe²⁺₂(PO₄)₂			1	38113	107
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	38096	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	393	66	24	38039,38050,38057,38062,38063,38064,38068,38069,38070,38071,38073,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	38042	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	38092	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	93	93	2	38096,38098	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	38113	1089
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	393	323	1	38071	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	164.7	66	5	38057,38059,38064,38076,38098	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	93	93	1	38102	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	164.7	66	7	38039,38046,38057,38059,38095,38096,38111	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	38039	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	393	66	17	38039,38050,38057,38071,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	38092	252
Merrillite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉NaMg(PO₄)₇			1	38113	230
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	93	93	1	38112	388
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	93	93	1	38098	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	93	93	3	38039,38096,38098	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	164.7	93	10	38052,38057,38059,38064,38088,38089,38091,38092,38096,38101	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	164.7	164.7	1	38057	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	93	93	1	38098	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	393	66	15	38039,38045,38046,38057,38059,38064,38071,38088,38091,38092,38096,38098,38101,38108,38112	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	93	93	3	38053,38086,38098	2994
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	393	323	1	38071	89
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	93	93	1	38098	144
Phosphuranylite ()*	Phosphuranylite	KCa(H₃O)₃(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄O₄·8H₂O	93	93	2	38107,38111	182
Phurcalite ()*	Phosphuranylite	Ca₂(UO₂)₃O₂(PO₄)₂·7H₂O	93	93	1	38112	20
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	164.7	164.7	1	38057	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	38059	1898
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	393	323	2	38071,38091	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	393	323	1	38071	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	66	41	38036,38039,38040,38043,38044,38045,38046,38050,38057,38059,38062,38063,38064,38065,38068,38069,38070,38071,38073,38074,38075,38081,38082,38088,38091,38092,38095,38096,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	38091,38092	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	393	66	7	38039,38057,38059,38071,38088,38096,38098	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	66	37	38039,38040,38046,38050,38053,38057,38059,38062,38063,38064,38068,38069,38070,38071,38075,38081,38082,38086,38088,38089,38091,38092,38096,38097,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	38036,38043	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	393	66	3	38057,38071,38098	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	393	93	10	38046,38052,38057,38059,38071,38088,38091,38092,38096,38111	4894
Schoepite ()*	Schoepite	(UO₂)₄O(OH)₆(H₂O)₆	93	93	1	38098	94
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	393	66	4	38036,38043,38057,38071	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	393	323	1	38071	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	393	66	3	38042,38057,38071	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	66	12	38039,38040,38044,38045,38046,38057,38059,38071,38088,38096,38101,38108	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	393	323	1	38071	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	393	323	5	38040,38056,38058,38071,38074	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	38113	703
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	164.7	164.7	1	38057	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	393	323	2	38071,38096	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	93	93	1	38098	1006
Tintinaite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₀Cu₂Sb₁₆S₃₅			1	38092	24
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	93	93	1	38098	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			3	38059,38091,38096	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	93	93	3	38051,38065,38098	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164.7	66	1	38057	2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	38113	1044
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	93	93	31	38050,38055,38062,38063,38064,38065,38067,38068,38069,38070,38073,38080,38081,38082,38083,38084,38085,38092,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	93	93	1	38098	89
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	93	93	4	38064,38065,38073,38098	890
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂			1	38046	56
Vismirnovite ()*	Perovskite	ZnSn(OH)₆			1	38046	4
Whitlockite ()*	Cerite	Ca₉Mg(PO₃OH)(PO₄)₆			1	38113	104
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	93	93	1	38098	939
Yingjiangite ()*	Phosphuranylite	K₂Ca(UO₂)₇(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·6H₂O	93	93	1	38098	9
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	93	93	3	38059,38107,38111	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	38059	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	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
Chen2007tbl01-07	145	66	Cretaceous		Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan, Qujiang, Guangdong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Kristen001993	164.7	164.7	164.7	mineralization age		Cu, W, Mo	48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
sedznpb-00152	164	100	Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous				48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00094	393	359	Middle-Late Devonian	host rock age			48873	Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Fankou	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00157	359	323	Early Carboniferous				48873	Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Fankou	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
Kristen002025	93	93	93	mineralization age		U	14754	Xiazhuang Uranium Ore Field (Xiwang Uranium Ore Field), Wengyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Xiazhuang	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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