Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zijinshan Mine, Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 135237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zijinshan Mine, Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°11'7"N
Longitude: 116°24'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.185277777778,116.4075

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.

Amorphous	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Germanite
Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannoidite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Colusite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Deerite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Djurleite ()*
Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hemusite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kiddcreekite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mawsonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stannoidite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vinciennite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zunyite ()*

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 As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn V W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Germanite
Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Stannoidite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	105	105	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	105	105	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	105	105	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	105	105	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	105	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	105	105	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	105	27198
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	105	105	110
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	105	105	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	105	105	2970
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	105	105	27
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	105	105	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	105	105	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	105	105	1027
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	105	105	300
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	105	105	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	105	105	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	105	105	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	105	105	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	105	105	30554
Hemusite ()*	Sphalerite	Cu¹⁺₄Cu²⁺₂SnMoS₈	105	105	7
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	105	105	5591
Kiddcreekite ()*	None	Cu₆WSnS₈	105	105	9
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	105	105	14899
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	105	105	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	105	105	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	105	105	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	105	105	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	105	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	105	105	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	105	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	105	105	21482
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	105	105	73
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	105	105	80
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	105	105	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	105	105	5317
Vinciennite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Fe₄SnAsS₁₆	105	105	13
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	105	105	70
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	105	105	86

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	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
Kristen002007	101.9	101.9	101.9	mineralization age	Yes		Cu, Au	135238	Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Zijinshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen002008	100	100	100	mineralization age	Yes		Cu, Au	135238	Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Zijinshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen002006	105	105	105	mineralization age	Yes		Cu, Mo	135264	Luoboling Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Luobuling Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Luobuling	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
PorphCu-00162	105	105	105			Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dickite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Opal, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Zunyite	Cu	135237	Zijinshan Mine, Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Zijinshan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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