Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shiyan, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 278
Youngest recorded age at locality: 231

mindat Locality ID: 144134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiyan, Hubei, China": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 27

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Yun Co.
Yunxi Co.
Zhushan Co.
Zhuxi Co.

Latitude: 32°40'13"N
Longitude: 110°30'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.670277777778,110.5125

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Burbankite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Marcasite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Ta Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Burbankite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Jalpaite Kaolinite Marcasite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Turquoise Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Amesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Bornite ()*	Burbankite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Faustite ()*	Fersmite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*
Hotsonite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*	Ulvöspinel ()*	Valentinite ()*
Witherite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	39988,39989,40001	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39989	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	39988,40001	8803
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄			1	40001	74
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	278	231	2	39997,40001	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	39988	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	39999,40001,40004	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂			1	39999	83
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	40001,40005	5516
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	278	231	1	39997	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	278	231	8	39977,39988,39990,39997,39999,40001,40004,40005	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	39988	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	39988,40005	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	39988,39989,40001	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	39988	4165
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	40000	310
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	278	231	5	39988,39997,40001,40004,40005	9895
Faustite ()*	Turquoise	ZnAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	39982	24
Fersmite ()*	Columbite	CaNb₂O₆	278	231	1	39997	83
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	278	231	1	39997	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	278	231	2	39997,40004	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			7	39978,39979,39981,39990,39991,40001,40004	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	39980,39987,39989,39990,40001,40002	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	39988	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	39981	804
Hotsonite ()*	None	Al₅(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₁₀·8H₂O			1	40000	5
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	39989	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			2	39981,40001	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	39988	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	39988,39989	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	251	251	1	39997	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			6	39981,39988,39989,39990,39999,40001	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	39989	192
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	40001	249
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			2	39981,40001	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	40001	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	278	231	10	39978,39979,39981,39988,39989,39990,39991,39997,39999,40001	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	39989	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	39977,39981,39988,39989,39990,39999,40001,40004,40005	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	278	231	2	39988,39997	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	39981,39989,40001	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			11	39978,39979,39981,39988,39989,39990,39991,39999,40001,40004,40005	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	39988,39990	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	40001	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	39981	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	40001	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	39981,39989	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			7	39982,39983,39994,39995,39996,39998,40000	484
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄			1	39975	120
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	39988	369
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)			1	39999	251
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	40000	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	39988	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000813	MAGMATIC STYLE: A lens-shaped intrusion several hundred metres in length. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: A range of sodic syenites
Jen_0000814	MAGMATIC STYLE: A lens-shaped intrusion several hundred metres in length. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: A range of sodic syenites
Jen_0000815	MAGMATIC STYLE: A lens-shaped intrusion several hundred metres in length. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: A range of sodic syenites

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000813	264	264	264				144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000814	251	251	251	K-Ar	microcline	Microcline	144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Yang and Woolley (2006)		JAES27_559
Jen_0000815	278	278	278	K-Ar	biotite		144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Yang and Woolley (2006)		JAES27_559
ree-00250	278	231	231-278 Ma				144543	Miaoya Carbonatite, Zhushan Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China	Miaoya	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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