Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 319.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 283.8

mindat Locality ID: 144524
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144524.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Funing Co.
Qinglong Co.

Latitude: 40°21'30"N
Longitude: 119°4'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.358333333333,119.07361111111

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Ferro-edenite ()*	Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Miharaite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*
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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Th Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Zircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	39228,39233	3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	319.6	283.8	1	39224	286
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	39230	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	39231	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	1	39224	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	39226,39229,39232	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	39229	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	39230,39231	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	39229,39230,39231,39232,39233	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	39226,39228,39229,39230,39231,39232	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	39232	2600
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	39228,39233	327
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	39235	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	39231	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	39231	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	39231,39235	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	1	39224	129
Ferro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Fe²⁺₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	1	39224	57
Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	319.6	283.8	1	39224	6
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	39230,39231,39232	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	39226,39227,39229,39230,39232	30554
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39228	223
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	39232	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	319.6	283.8	1	39224	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	319.6	283.8	4	39224,39228,39231,39233	14899
Miharaite ()*	None	PbCu₄FeBiS₆			1	39230	19
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	39231,39232	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	39226,39229,39230	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	39232	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	39232	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			8	39226,39228,39229,39230,39231,39232,39233,39235	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	39235	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			5	39226,39228,39229,39230,39231	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	39226,39227,39228,39229,39230,39231,39232,39233,39235	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	39232	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	39226	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	39226,39230,39231,39232	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	39226	3418
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	39230	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	39230	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	39232	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	319.6	283.8	1	39224	1006
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	39231,39233	2562
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	39230	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	319.6	283.8	1	39224	5251
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl			1	39235	86

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
	Kristen002279	319.6	298.2	308.9±10.7	U-Pb			zircon				Zircon			225257	Xiangshan Pluton, Funing Co., Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China	Xiangshan Pluton	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
	Kristen002281	286.2	283.8	285±1.2				zircon				Zircon			225257	Xiangshan Pluton, Funing Co., Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China	Xiangshan Pluton	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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