Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 214
Youngest recorded age at locality: 210

mindat Locality ID: 145497
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145497.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 38
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Huancui District
Rongcheng Co.
Rushan Co.
Wendeng Co.

Latitude: 37°11'58"N
Longitude: 121°58'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.199444444444,121.97166666667

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	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 Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Coesite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pargasite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
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
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	214	210	1	42832	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	214	210	11	42813,42827,42828,42830,42831,42832,42838,42840,42842,42847,42848	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	214	210	2	42830,42831	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	214	210	4	42828,42830,42832,42847	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	214	210	1	42830	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	214	210	1	42830	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	214	210	3	42828,42830,42832	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	214	210	4	42830,42832,42838,42847	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	214	210	3	42813,42830,42831	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	214	210	10	42813,42828,42830,42831,42832,42840,42842,42844,42847,42849	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	214	210	1	42830	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	214	210	15	42813,42817,42821,42828,42830,42831,42832,42838,42840,42842,42844,42845,42847,42848,42849	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	214	210	1	42816	3902
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	214	210	1	42816	236
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	214	210	1	42816	82
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	214	210	1	42816	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	214	210	1	42847	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	214	210	3	42816,42840,42842	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	214	210	5	42828,42830,42838,42840,42842	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	214	210	2	42816,42820	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	214	210	2	42830,42842	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	214	210	1	42816	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	214	210	15	42813,42817,42821,42828,42830,42831,42832,42838,42840,42842,42844,42845,42847,42848,42849	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	214	210	1	42847	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	214	210	21	42813,42825,42826,42827,42828,42830,42831,42832,42834,42835,42836,42838,42839,42840,42842,42844,42845,42846,42847,42848,42849	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	214	210	3	42828,42840,42842	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	214	210	5	42830,42842,42847,42848,42849	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	214	210	1	42816	407
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	214	210	3	42813,42830,42831	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	214	210	1	42816	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	214	210	3	42830,42842,42847	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	214	210	1	42842	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	214	210	12	42813,42816,42817,42821,42828,42830,42831,42832,42840,42847,42848,42849	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	214	210	2	42821,42830	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	214	210	3	42830,42831,42847	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	214	210	3	42817,42832,42838	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	214	210	1	42830	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	214	210	18	42817,42821,42827,42828,42830,42831,42832,42834,42835,42836,42838,42840,42842,42844,42845,42847,42848,42849	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	214	210	1	42816	229
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	214	210	2	42831,42847	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	214	210	1	42816	313
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	214	210	3	42813,42830,42831	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	214	210	21	42813,42817,42821,42826,42827,42828,42830,42831,42832,42834,42835,42836,42838,42839,42840,42842,42844,42845,42847,42848,42849	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	214	210	1	42816	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	214	210	6	42828,42830,42831,42832,42840,42842	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	214	210	23	42813,42816,42817,42825,42826,42827,42828,42830,42831,42832,42834,42835,42836,42838,42839,42840,42842,42844,42845,42846,42847,42848,42849	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	214	210	3	42816,42830,42831	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	214	210	5	42830,42831,42842,42847,42849	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	214	210	2	42813,42842	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	214	210	6	42813,42828,42830,42831,42832,42842	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	214	210	14	42813,42817,42821,42828,42830,42831,42832,42838,42840,42842,42844,42845,42847,42849	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	214	210	2	42816,42819	1934
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	214	210	2	42830,42831	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	214	210	2	42828,42840	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	214	210	1	42830	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	214	210	1	42830	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_100	214	210	212±2	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			145497	Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Weihai	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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