Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 155
Youngest recorded age at locality: 155

mindat Locality ID: 145505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dinghu District
Fengkai Co.
Gaoyao Co.
Guangning Co.
Huaiji Co.

Latitude: 23°35'8"N
Longitude: 112°17'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.585555555556,112.29611111111

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.

Alunite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vivianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Vivianite Wollastonite Zircon

39 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	155	155	5	38188,38195,38200,38201,38203	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	38200	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	38201,38203	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	38194,38202	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	38193	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	38188,38212	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	155	155	1	38195	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	38201,38202,38203	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	38199,38215	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	155	155	7	38188,38195,38201,38202,38203,38204,38215	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	38209	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	155	155	1	38195	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	38202	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	155	155	1	38195	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	38188,38194,38201,38202	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			8	38191,38193,38194,38196,38201,38202,38203,38204	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	38212	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	38208	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	38202	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	155	155	1	38195	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	38215	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi			1	38193	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	155	155	3	38188,38195,38212	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	155	155	6	38188,38194,38195,38201,38202,38203	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	155	155	1	38195	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	155	155	7	38188,38194,38195,38201,38202,38203,38204	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	38201,38202,38203	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	155	155	8	38187,38191,38194,38195,38201,38202,38203,38212	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	155	155	1	38195	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	38202	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	38200	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	38194,38201,38202	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	38200	978
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			2	38193,38200	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	155	155	1	38195	5317
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	38197	636
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	38202	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	38206	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	38208	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
	Kristen002004	155	155	155		mineralization age								Cu, Mo	229204	Yuanzhuding Cu-Mo Deposit, Fengkai Co., Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China	Yuanzhuding	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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