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Locality Name:
Jixi, Heilongjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 519
Youngest recorded age at locality: 155

mindat Locality ID: 133823
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133823.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jixi, Heilongjiang, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hulin Co.
Jidong Co.
Lishu District
Mashan District
Mishan Co.

Latitude: 45°28'3"N
Longitude: 131°31'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.4675,131.51666666667

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	Allargentum	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Kornerupine
Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Valleriite	Wollastonite

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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B F Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Kornerupine
Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite
Titanite Valleriite Wollastonite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kornerupine ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibiopalladinite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
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			1	39458	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39459	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	39454,39457,39466	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	519	155	0		2353
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	39458,39466	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	39459	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	39458,39459	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	519	483	3	39453,39458,39462	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	39458	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	39453,39457,39458,39459	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	39456	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	39459	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	519	155	0		1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	39458	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	39459	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	39456,39459	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	519	483	2	39461,39462	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)			1	39466	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	39457	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	39457,39458	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	39452,39453,39454,39458,39466	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	519	155	3	39456,39462,39464	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	39456	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	39454	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	155	155	1	39464	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	39454,39457	5591
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	519	155	0		68
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	39454,39457,39459,39466	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	39458	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	39457,39458	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	39452,39453,39454,39456,39457,39459,39466	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	39458	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			2	39453,39454	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	39459	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	155	155	9	39452,39453,39454,39456,39457,39458,39459,39464,39466	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	39453,39454	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	155	155	2	39459,39464	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	519	155	9	39452,39453,39454,39456,39457,39458,39462,39464,39466	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	155	155	2	39456,39464	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	39466	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	39459	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	155	155	2	39456,39464	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	39454	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂			1	39459	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	39457,39458,39459	21482
Stibiopalladinite ()*	None	Pd₅Sb₂			1	39459	75
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	39466	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	39458	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	39459	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	39458	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	39458	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	39456,39457,39466	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39459	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]			1	39459	237
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	39465	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	39459	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000778	MAGMATIC STYLE: 10 m2 of carbonatite lie between syenite and basalt in a 93 km2 elliptical complex; said to be ‘metasomatic’. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Basic, intermediate and acid rocks.

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
	Bradley_2012_110	519	483	501±18	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			64531	Liumao Mine, Lishu District, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China	Liu Mao	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183
	Jen_0000778	155	155	155	K-Ar			biotite							216616	Mashan District, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China	Mashan	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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