Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bitian Au-Ag-Cu Deposit (Bitan Au-Ag-Cu Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Wuping Co., Longyan, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 94.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94.7

mindat Locality ID: 134713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bitian Au-Ag-Cu Deposit (Bitan Au-Ag-Cu Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Wuping Co., Longyan, Fujian, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°10'16"N
Longitude: 116°22'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.171111111111,116.37027777778

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Kaolinite
Meneghinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chatkalite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kiddcreekite ()*	Mawsonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Enargite Kaolinite
Meneghinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	94.7	94.7	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	94.7	94.7	315
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	94.7	94.7	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	94.7	94.7	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	94.7	94.7	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	94.7	94.7	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	94.7	94.7	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	94.7	94.7	27198
Chatkalite ()*	None	Cu₆FeSn₂S₈	94.7	94.7	8
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	94.7	94.7	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	94.7	94.7	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	94.7	94.7	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	94.7	94.7	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	94.7	94.7	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	94.7	94.7	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	94.7	94.7	5591
Kiddcreekite ()*	None	Cu₆WSnS₈	94.7	94.7	9
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	94.7	94.7	92
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	94.7	94.7	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	94.7	94.7	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	94.7	94.7	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	94.7	94.7	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	94.7	94.7	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	94.7	94.7	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	94.7	94.7	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	94.7	94.7	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	94.7	94.7	297

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
	Kristen002009	94.7	94.7	94.7		mineralization age								Ag, Au, Cu	134713	Bitian Au-Ag-Cu Deposit (Bitan Au-Ag-Cu Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Wuping Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Bitian	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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