Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 135260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135260.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 25°10'37"N
Longitude: 116°23'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.176944444444,116.38527777778

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

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 Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Digenite Enargite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Alunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	105	100	966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	100	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	105	100	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	105	100	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	105	100	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	105	100	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	105	100	1027
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	105	100	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	105	100	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	105	100	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	105	100	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	105	100	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	105	100	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age from other Locality	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

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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