Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 889
Youngest recorded age at locality: 889

mindat Locality ID: 145238
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145238.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Shangyu Co.
Shaoxing Co.
Shengzhou Co.
Yuecheng District
Zhuji Co.

Latitude: 29°51'59"N
Longitude: 120°31'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.866388888889,120.53138888889

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*
Petzite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vaesite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

52 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	45474,45477	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	889	889	2	45475,45486	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	45486	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	889	889	1	45475	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	45486	3092
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	45492	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	889	889	6	45470,45475,45477,45492,45493,45494	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	45482,45492	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			2	45473,45486	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	889	889	7	45474,45475,45477,45486,45492,45493,45494	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	889	889	1	45475	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	889	889	9	45468,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45495	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	889	889	2	45474,45475	3846
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	45465,45497	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	45481,45482	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	889	889	4	45475,45481,45493,45495	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	889	889	1	45475	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	45482	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			4	45477,45478,45482,45484	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	45477	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	889	889	7	45468,45475,45477,45481,45486,45492,45495	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	45468,45472,45473,45474,45477,45486	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	45497	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	889	889	2	45475,45481	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	45486	804
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂			3	45482,45492,45493	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			3	45465,45470,45477	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	889	889	3	45475,45481,45482	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	889	889	2	45475,45492	12537
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			3	45482,45492,45493	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	45481,45482,45492,45493	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	889	889	13	45468,45470,45471,45472,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45494,45497	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	45482	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			3	45482,45492,45493	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂			1	45482	55
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	45486	409
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	45477	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	45477	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	889	889	12	45468,45470,45471,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45493,45494	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	45465,45470,45482	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	45473	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	889	889	13	45465,45468,45471,45472,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45493,45494	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	45477	1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	45474,45477	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	889	889	8	45473,45474,45475,45477,45481,45486,45492,45495	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	45477	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	45477	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	45492	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	45473,45477	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	45482	2562
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂			2	45492,45493	106
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	45492,45493	1655

1 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
	vms-00420	889	889	Neoproterozoic (976.4-802.3)										S	145237	Xiqiu Cu-Zn Deposit (Zigiu Cu-Zn Deposit), Shaoxing Co., Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China	Xiqiu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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