Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sanmenxia, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 135150
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135150.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sanmenxia, Henan, China": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 35

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lingbao Co.
Lushi Co.
Mianchi Co.
Shan Co.

Latitude: 34°26'37"N
Longitude: 111°3'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.443611111111,111.05527777778

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte
Beryl	Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Humite	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte
Beryl Buckhornite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Humite Iron Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

106 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*
Amblygonite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*
Bornite ()*	Buckhornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Coesite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Felbertalite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hedleyite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Krupkaite ()*	Lead ()*	Luanshiweiite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Oxynatromicrolite ()*	Petzite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rickardite ()*
Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Trilithionite ()*	Valentinite ()*
Volynskite ()*	Vulcanite ()*	Weissite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*
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			3	39753,39762,39767	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	201	66	1	39758	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			2	39753,39756	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	400	400	9	39741,39744,39753,39754,39756,39764,39765,39766,39779	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			3	39747,39753,39756	489
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	400	396	1	39765	244
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	39777,39782	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			8	39742,39744,39747,39750,39753,39756,39757,39783	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	201	66	5	39741,39749,39758,39772,39783	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201	66	1	39758	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	39744,39747,39762,39775,39783	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	400	396	1	39765	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	39753	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	39741,39749	1935
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	400	400	1	39766	23
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	201	66	7	39741,39742,39747,39749,39750,39753,39758	5516
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)			2	39753,39756	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			5	39742,39747,39753,39756,39757	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	66	14	39741,39742,39744,39747,39749,39750,39753,39756,39757,39758,39762,39772,39774,39783	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	400	396	1	39765	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	201	66	1	39758	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	201	66	4	39742,39753,39758,39783	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	66	16	39741,39742,39743,39744,39745,39747,39748,39749,39750,39752,39753,39756,39757,39758,39761,39783	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	201	66	3	39758,39761,39774	285
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	39772	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	201	66	1	39740	1025
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂			1	39764	77
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	201	66	4	39741,39749,39753,39758	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			2	39777,39782	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	201	66	3	39758,39761,39774	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	201	66	8	39747,39757,39758,39761,39762,39772,39779,39783	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	400	396	1	39765	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	201	66	7	39742,39744,39745,39753,39757,39758,39772	8173
Felbertalite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₆Bi₈S₁₉			1	39753	9
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	400	396	1	39765	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F	400	400	1	39766	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	39762	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	201	66	1	39758	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	66	16	39741,39742,39743,39744,39747,39748,39749,39750,39752,39753,39756,39757,39758,39768,39772,39783	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	39761,39777	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	66	19	39741,39742,39743,39744,39746,39747,39748,39750,39752,39753,39754,39756,39757,39758,39771,39772,39779,39780,39783	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	39782	173
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	39756	2812
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉			1	39752	43
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃			1	39753	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	66	7	39741,39747,39757,39758,39772,39782,39783	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			3	39747,39753,39756	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	39750,39753	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	39747	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201	66	7	39753,39758,39762,39772,39777,39782,39783	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆			1	39752	80
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	39756	192
Luanshiweiite ()*	Mica	KLiAl_1.5(Si_3.5Al_0.5)O₁₀(OH)₂	400	400	1	39766	1
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	201	66	1	39758	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201	66	15	39741,39742,39744,39745,39747,39749,39750,39753,39756,39757,39758,39761,39770,39772,39774	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201	66	2	39753,39758	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			4	39741,39745,39753,39756	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	201	66	9	39741,39744,39745,39754,39756,39758,39768,39774,39780	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	400	400	1	39766	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	400	66	22	39741,39742,39744,39745,39747,39748,39749,39750,39753,39754,39756,39757,39758,39762,39764,39765,39766,39772,39777,39779,39782,39783	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	39764	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	201	66	1	39758	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	39772	511
Oxynatromicrolite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,U)₂(Ta,Nb)₂O₆(O,F)	400	400	1	39766	1
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			4	39742,39747,39753,39756	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	201	66	2	39758,39774	2273
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃			1	39753	57
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	400	400	1	39766	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	400	66	25	39741,39742,39743,39744,39745,39746,39747,39748,39749,39750,39752,39753,39754,39756,39757,39758,39761,39762,39765,39767,39771,39772,39774,39779,39783	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	39772	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	39782	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			7	39741,39742,39749,39750,39753,39756,39757	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	400	66	26	39741,39742,39743,39744,39745,39746,39747,39748,39749,39750,39752,39753,39754,39756,39757,39758,39762,39764,39765,39766,39771,39772,39774,39779,39780,39783	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	39772	712
Rickardite ()*	None	Cu_3-xTe₂			1	39756	52
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			2	39747,39753	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			5	39747,39753,39764,39777,39782	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	39760	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			6	39742,39747,39750,39753,39756,39774	4894
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	400	396	1	39759	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	201	66	6	39742,39747,39750,39757,39758,39783	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	39744	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	39747,39753	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	66	16	39741,39742,39743,39744,39745,39747,39748,39749,39750,39753,39756,39757,39758,39768,39772,39783	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	400	400	2	39765,39766	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	39762	446
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	400	396	1	39765	53
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			4	39762,39767,39772,39775	3418
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)			1	39753	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	39753	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	201	66	2	39758,39774	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	400	400	2	39765,39766	211
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			2	39753,39756	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			2	39753,39756	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			2	39744,39753	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	39757	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			4	39741,39744,39747,39749	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	201	66	2	39758,39774	2562
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	400	400	1	39766	28
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	39772	369
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂			2	39747,39753	64
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe			2	39753,39756	11
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe			2	39753,39756	31
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	39753	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	400	396	4	39753,39765,39777,39782	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	39764	1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Chen2007tbl01-51	201	66	Jurassic–Cretaceous				Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite	187024	Yinjiagou Polymetallic Deposit, Lingbao Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China	Yinjiagou, Lingbao, Henan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Alexandra-0102	396	396	396	K-Ar	Age of intrusion	whole rock		64732	Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China	Guanpo deposite	Li et al. (2015)	10.1111/1755-6724.12453	AGS89_656
Grew_Li_2019_0060	400	400	400				Luanshiweiite	240987	Pegmatite Vein No. 309, Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China	No. 309 pegmatite vein, Guanpo, Lushi county, Henan Province, China	Lu et al. (2010); Wang et al. (2011)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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