Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Linyi, Shandong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 144541
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144541.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Linyi, Shandong, China": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cangshan Co.
Fei Co.
Junan Co.
Pingyi Co.
Tancheng Co.
Yimeng Mts (Yimeng Shan)
Yinan Co.
Yishui Co.

Latitude: 35°25'0"N
Longitude: 118°18'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.416666666667,118.31444444444

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brownleeite	Calcite	Calzirtite
Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Crichtonite	Diamond	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Magnetoplumbite	Malachite	Marcasite
Matlockite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pseudobrookite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brownleeite Calcite Calzirtite
Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Crichtonite Diamond Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Magnetoplumbite Malachite Marcasite
Matlockite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pseudobrookite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

104 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bezsmertnovite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Calomel ()*
Calzirtite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chromium ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coesite ()*
Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Diamond ()*	Dickite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Frohbergite ()*	Galena ()*	Geikielite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hawthorneite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kostovite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Lead ()*	Lindsleyite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mathiasite ()*	Matlockite ()*	Melonite ()*
Moissanite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montbrayite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naquite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Petzite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pseudobrookite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Quenselite ()*	Qusongite ()*	Roscoelite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Saponite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siderotil ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungsten ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Weissite ()*	Yimengite ()*	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	145	66	2	43030,43054	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	2	43020,43052	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	4	43016,43030,43033,43052	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	145	66	2	43030,43035	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1	43053	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	66	1	43033	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	1	43052	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	1	43030	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	3	43023,43030,43037	11547
Bezsmertnovite ()*	None	(Au,Ag)₄Cu(Te,Pb)	145	66	2	43030,43035	6
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	43052	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	2	43030,43053	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	145	66	5	43030,43032,43033,43035,43052	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	13	43016,43030,43032,43033,43035,43042,43046,43048,43053,43054,43056,43058,43059	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	145	66	1	43030	91
Calzirtite ()*	Calzirtite	Ca₂Zr₅Ti₂O₁₆			1	43043	32
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	145	66	1	43033	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	3	43033,43052,43053	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	9	43016,43021,43022,43030,43033,43042,43052,43053,43056	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	145	66	1	43030	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			3	43018,43043,43048	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr			1	43048	26
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	145	66	2	43022,43030	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	145	66	1	43030	281
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂			1	43048	77
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	145	66	1	43030	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	2	43030,43052	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	1	43030	4165
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			5	43018,43038,43045,43046,43048	697
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	1	43035	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	5	43018,43043,43048,43052,43053	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	7	43016,43030,43032,43033,43042,43043,43054	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	4	43016,43030,43042,43052	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	43048	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	6	43016,43030,43032,43033,43035,43037	9617
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	145	66	2	43030,43035	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	10	43016,43021,43022,43030,43032,43033,43035,43058,43059,43060	24243
Geikielite ()*	Corundum	MgTiO₃			1	43043	70
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43015	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	43063	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	12	43016,43021,43022,43030,43032,43033,43035,43042,43053,43058,43059,43060	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	43018	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	43043	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	3	43028,43033,43052	6890
Hawthorneite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	BaMgTi₃Cr₄Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺₂O₁₉			1	43043	2
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	5	43016,43018,43030,43035,43052	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	1	43030	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			6	43039,43043,43046,43048,43056,43063	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	145	66	3	43030,43046,43048	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	3	43030,43033,43052	5591
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄	145	66	1	43030	21
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	145	66	1	43030	111
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	43048	192
Lindsleyite ()*	Crichtonite	(Ba,Sr)(Zr,Ca)(Fe,Mg)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈			2	43018,43045	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	11	43015,43016,43018,43030,43035,43042,43043,43053,43056,43061,43063	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	2	43030,43033	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	3	43030,43033,43035	5674
Mathiasite ()*	Crichtonite	(K,Ba,Sr)(Zr,Fe)(Mg,Fe)₂(Ti,Cr,Fe)₁₈O₃₈			3	43018,43039,43043	7
Matlockite ()*	Matlockite	PbClF			1	43048	29
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	145	66	1	43030	207
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC			2	43018,43043	57
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	2	43022,43052	5800
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	145	66	1	43030	19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	11	43016,43018,43030,43032,43033,43035,43042,43052,43058,43059,43060	17380
Naquite ()*	Brownleeite	FeSi			1	43039	8
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	145	66	1	43030	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	43030	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	43048	1512
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃			2	43043,43048	495
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	145	66	3	43030,43033,43035	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	43043,43048	2273
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	43048	131
Pseudobrookite ()*	Pseudobrookite	(Fe³⁺₂Ti)O₅			8	43039	164
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	17	43015,43016,43018,43021,43022,43030,43032,43033,43035,43042,43053,43054,43056,43058,43059,43060,43063	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			3	43018,43038,43048	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	43015,43030	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	17	43015,43016,43018,43021,43022,43030,43032,43033,43035,43042,43043,43054,43056,43058,43059,43060,43063	61156
Quenselite ()*	None	PbMn³⁺O₂(OH)			1	43048	5
Qusongite ()*	None	WC			1	43043	3
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	43030	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			5	43018,43024,43025,43026,43043	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	43048	598
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	43056	301
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	145	66	1	43030	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	3	43015,43018,43030	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	43063	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	2	43030,43054	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	7	43016,43021,43022,43030,43032,43033,43035	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	145	66	1	43035	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	145	66	2	43030,43035	337
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	43046	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	43035	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	145	66	2	43030,43035	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	145	66	1	43030	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	66	1	43052	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	43030	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	145	66	1	43030	83
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	43056	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	43042,43056	2562
Tungsten ()*	Iron	W			1	43048	23
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	145	66	1	43052	1395
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	145	66	1	43030	31
Yimengite ()*	Magnetoplumbite	K[Ti₃Cr₅Fe³⁺₂Mg₂]O₁₉			2	43039,43043	5
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	43018,43043	5251

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
	Chen2007tbl01-47	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite		64180	Guilaizhuang Mine, Tongshi Complex, Pingyi Co., Linyi, Shandong, China	Guilaizhuang, Pingyi, Shandong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	Chen2007tbl01-48	145	66	Cretaceous									Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Magnetite, Pyrite		26688	Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China	Yinan, , Shandong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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