Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jilongshan Au-Cu Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 158
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 135018
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135018.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jilongshan Au-Cu Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°48'23"N
Longitude: 115°25'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.806388888889,115.41805555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bellidoite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Umangite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	158	66	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	158	66	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	158	66	9052
Bellidoite ()*	None	Cu₂Se	158	158	6
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	158	158	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	158	66	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	158	158	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	158	158	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	158	66	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	158	66	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	158	66	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	158	66	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	158	66	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	158	66	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	158	66	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	158	66	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	158	66	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	145	66	511
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	158	66	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	158	158	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	158	66	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	158	66	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	145	66	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	145	66	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	158	66	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	158	66	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	158	158	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	66	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	158	66	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	158	158	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	158	66	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	158	158	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	158	66	2562
Umangite ()*	None	Cu₃Se₂	158	158	71
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	158	66	1247

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	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
Chen2007tbl01-19	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Electrum		187004	Banshan Au-Cu Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Banshan, Yangxin, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Chen2007tbl01-18	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		142699	Fengshan Mine (Fengshandong Mine), Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Fengshandong, Yangxin, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Chen2007tbl01-17	145	66	Cretaceous		Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Rhodochrosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Electrum		135018	Jilongshan Au-Cu Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Jilongshan, Yangxin, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Emily000549	158	158				Au, Ag, Cu	135018	Jilongshan Au-Cu Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Jilongshan	Zhao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00008-6	OGR14_227
Chen2007tbl01-20	145	66	Cretaceous	Yes	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Molybdenite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Wittichenite, Electrum		145652	Lijiawan Cu-(Au) Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Lijiawan, Yangxin, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

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