Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 168
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 135095
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135095.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Niushan Mine
Xinqiao Mine

Latitude: 30°55'12"N
Longitude: 117°59'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.92,117.98527777778

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Humite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

47 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	145	66	1	37119	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	37119	3419
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	1	37119	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	1	37119	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	1	37119	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	1	37119	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	37119	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	145	66	1	37119	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	37119	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	1	37119	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	1	37119	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	1	37119	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	1	37119	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	1	37119	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	1	37119	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	1	37119	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	145	66	1	37119	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	1	37119	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	145	66	1	37119	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	1	37119	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	1	37119	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	1	37119	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	37119	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	1	37119	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	145	66	1	37119	80
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	1	37119	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	145	66	1	37119	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	37119	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	1	37119	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	1	37119	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	1	37119	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	37119	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	66	1	37119	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	37118,37119	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	145	66	1	37119	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	1	37119	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	1	37119	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	1	37119	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	1	37119	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	1	37119	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	37119	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145	66	1	37119	1101
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	145	66	1	37119	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	37119	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	37119	2562
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	145	66	1	37119	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	1	37119	1247

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	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
Chen2007tbl01-39	145	66	Cretaceous	Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetradymite, Wittichenite, Electrum		135095	Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Xinqiao-A, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Chen2007tbl01-40	145	66	Cretaceous	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tenorite		135095	Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Xinqiao-B, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Emily000553	168	168			Au, Ag, Cu	135095	Xinqiao Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Xingiao	Zhao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00008-6	OGR14_227

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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