Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pingquan Co., Chengde, Hebei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 137
Youngest recorded age at locality: 131

mindat Locality ID: 134751
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134751.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pingquan Co., Chengde, Hebei, China": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Hejialou Mine
Jidong Gold Area
Nianzigou-Luojingwa Au Deposit
Shuangdongzi Mine
Xiaoshimen Ag-Au Deposit
Xiaosigou Mine (Xiaoshigou Mine)
Xiayingfang Au Deposit
Yangshuling Mine

Latitude: 41°2'14"N
Longitude: 118°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.037222222222,118.78305555556

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.

Arsenic	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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: Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	137	131	1	39169	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	39167	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	39163	1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	137	131	3	39166,39168,39169	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	137	131	4	39163,39166,39168,39169	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	39167,39168	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	137	131	5	39148,39163,39167,39169,39171	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	39163,39166,39168	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	39163,39166,39168	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	137	131	1	39169	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	39163	5591
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	137	131	1	39169	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	137	131	2	39163,39169	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	137	131	4	39163,39166,39167,39169	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	137	131	1	39169	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	137	131	5	39163,39166,39168,39169,39170	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	137	131	6	39163,39166,39167,39168,39169,39170	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	39163,39166,39168	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	39168	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	39163	5317

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Emily000371	skarn Cu (Mo) deposit

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
	Emily000371	137	131	134±3	Re-Os			molybdenite	S-17			Molybdenite	Molybdenite		144464	Xiaosigou Mine (Xiaoshigou Mine), Pingquan Co., Chengde, Hebei, China	Xiaosigou Mine	Huang et al. (1996)		MD15_363
	Kristen002246	137	131	134±3	Re-Os	mineralization age		molybdenite				Molybdenite		Cu, Mo	144464	Xiaosigou Mine (Xiaoshigou Mine), Pingquan Co., Chengde, Hebei, China	Xiaoshigou	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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