Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hongjianbingshan W Deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 218.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 212.4

mindat Locality ID: 143963
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143963.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hongjianbingshan W Deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°12'0"N
Longitude: 96°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.2,96.5

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.

Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Helvine ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Topaz ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica
Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Topaz

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	218.2	212.4	8803
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	218.2	212.4	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	218.2	212.4	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	218.2	212.4	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	218.2	212.4	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	218.2	212.4	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	218.2	212.4	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	218.2	212.4	24243
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	218.2	212.4	237
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	218.2	212.4	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	218.2	212.4	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	218.2	212.4	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	218.2	215	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	218.2	212.4	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	218.2	212.4	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	218.2	212.4	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	218.2	212.4	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	218.2	212.4	1476

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	Kristen002273	218.2	215	216.6±1.6	Ar-Ar			muscovite				Muscovite			143963	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
	Kristen002274	218	212.4	215.2±2.8	Rb-Sr										143963	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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