Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 134.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 131.8

mindat Locality ID: 145257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chun'an Co.
Fuyang Co.
Jiande Co.
Lin'an Co.
Tonglu Co.
Yuhang District

Latitude: 29°58'55"N
Longitude: 119°26'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.981944444444,119.4475

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
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pascoite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Schreyerite	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Wollastonite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goldmanite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metamunirite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nolanite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pascoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schreyerite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Sn Ti V W Zn

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
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Nickeline Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pascoite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Schreyerite Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Topaz Wollastonite

50 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
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	45348	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	45336	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	45336	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	45356	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	45336,45354,45356	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			3	45339,45345,45356	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			6	45336,45340,45345,45348,45349,45356	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	45336	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	45336,45339	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	134.6	131.8	10	45335,45336,45338,45339,45344,45345,45348,45352,45356,45359	27198
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	45347	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	134.6	131.8	2	45336,45359	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	134.6	131.8	4	45336,45344,45345,45359	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	45336	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			5	45335,45336,45351,45353,45354	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			7	45333,45336,45338,45344,45345,45348,45356	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	45345	30554
Goldmanite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃V³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			2	45343,45358	31
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	45352	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	45336	5433
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂			1	45356	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	45336	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	134.6	131.8	3	45339,45345,45359	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	45352,45356	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	45336	5674
Metamunirite ()*	None	NaV⁵⁺O₃	0	0	1	45343	14
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	45356	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	134.6	131.8	4	45345,45352,45356,45359	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	45343,45358	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	45335,45336,45338,45343,45345,45356,45358	17380
Nolanite ()*	Nolanite	V³⁺₈Fe³⁺₂O₁₄(OH)₂			2	45343,45358	19
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	45356	767
Pascoite ()*	Pascoite	Ca₃V⁵⁺₁₀O₂₈·17H₂O			1	45358	78
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			11	45333,45336,45338,45339,45343,45345,45348,45349,45352,45356,45358	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	45336	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	45335,45336	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			9	45335,45336,45343,45345,45348,45351,45354,45356,45358	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	45348	1711
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	45343	253
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	134.6	131.8	3	45335,45336,45359	4894
Schreyerite ()*	Schreyerite	V³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉			1	45358	10
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	45346	241
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	45336	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			9	45333,45335,45336,45338,45344,45345,45348,45352,45356	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	45356	1803
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	45335,45336	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	45336	2562
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂			1	45356	106
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	45336	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	45356	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
	Michelle_0005	134.6	131.8	133.2±1.4	Os-Os	Age of vein mineralization		molybdenite	XLB-1			Molybdenite	Andradite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Tremolite	Fe, Mo	205135	Xianlinbu Mine (Xianlingbu Mine), Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China	Xianlinbu Mine	Sun et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.175	EG98_175	Fig. 3E

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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