Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Nanjinshan Mine, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 244.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 242

mindat Locality ID: 144990
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144990.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanjinshan Mine, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°57'43"N
Longitude: 96°8'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.961944444444,96.140277777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumMalachite
MicaNickelineNonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6244.52420966
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS244.524209052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)244.5242011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)244.5242027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2244.5242027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl244.524201382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS244.524202600
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS244.5242024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu244.5242030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3244.5242014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6244.524202228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4244.5242014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2244.5242012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2244.5242017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O244.524202994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2244.5242039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2244.52420771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8244.524209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2244.5242061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg244.524205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS244.5242021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3244.524203418


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen002271243.6242242.8±0.8Ar-Ar sericite     144990Nanjinshan Mine, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, ChinaNanjinshan Au DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 
Kristen002272244.5243.9244.2±0.3Ar-Ar biotite     144990Nanjinshan Mine, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, ChinaNanjinshan Au DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...