Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2076

mindat Locality ID: 156129
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156129.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bizigou Cu Deposit (Bizhigou Cu Deposit)
Hujiayu Cu Deposit
Huping Cu Deposit
Laobaotan Cu-Mo Deposit
Libagou Cu Deposit
Luojiahe Cu Deposit
Nanhegou Cu Deposit
Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit
Tongmugou Cu Deposit
Tongshan Cu Deposit

Latitude: 35°15'52"N
Longitude: 111°42'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.264444444444,111.70833333333

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	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Löllingite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vivianite	Wurtzite	Zippeite	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 Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Löllingite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vivianite Wurtzite Zippeite Zircon

69 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annabergite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Cattierite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Lillianite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pararammelsbergite ()*	Pearceite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rammelsbergite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*
Violarite ()*	Weissite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zippeite ()*

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	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2200	2076	1	43313	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2200	2100	5	43308,43309,43311,43313,43315	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2200	2076	1	43315	3092
Annabergite ()*	Vivianite	Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	445
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2200	2100	1	43313	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2200	2076	1	43315	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2200	2100	6	43308,43309,43310,43313,43315,43317	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	2200	2076	3	43308,43309,43315	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2200	2076	4	43308,43309,43313,43315	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	2200	2100	3	43308,43309,43315	154
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	30
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2200	2100	4	43308,43309,43313,43315	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2200	2100	8	43308,43309,43310,43311,43312,43313,43315,43317	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	2200	2100	3	43308,43309,43315	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	82
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	2200	2100	3	43308,43309,43313	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2200	2100	4	43308,43309,43313,43315	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	2200	2100	2	43308,43309	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2200	2100	3	43308,43309,43313	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2200	2100	3	43308,43309,43315	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2200	2076	5	43308,43309,43310,43313,43315	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	814
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2200	2076	3	43308,43309,43315	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2200	2076	3	43308,43309,43311	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2200	2076	1	43313	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2200	2100	5	43308,43309,43313,43315,43317	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2200	2100	2	43313,43315	5433
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	128
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	249
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	2200	2076	3	43308,43309,43311	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2200	2100	5	43308,43309,43312,43313,43315	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2200	2100	4	43308,43309,43313,43315	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	207
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	2200	2100	3	43308,43309,43315	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2109	2076	5	43308,43309,43311,43315,43317	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2200	2076	7	43308,43309,43310,43312,43313,43315,43317	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	767
Pararammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	52
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	2200	2100	2	43308,43309	249
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2200	2076	3	43308,43309,43311	2273
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	57
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	2200	2100	2	43308,43309	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2200	2100	8	43308,43309,43310,43311,43312,43313,43315,43317	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2200	2100	5	43308,43309,43311,43312,43315	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2200	2076	7	43308,43309,43311,43312,43313,43315,43317	61156
Rammelsbergite ()*	Löllingite	NiAs₂	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	233
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2200	2100	3	43308,43309,43315	5614
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2200	2076	4	43308,43309,43313,43315	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	2200	2100	1	43315	668
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2200	2100	1	43315	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2200	2076	3	43308,43309,43311	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	380
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	2200	2100	2	43308,43309	31
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	2200	2100	2	43308,43309	297
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	2200	2076	2	43308,43309	175

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Emily000383	porphyry Cu deposit
Emily000384	porphyry Cu deposit
Emily000385	porphyry Cu deposit

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	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 ID
Emily000383	2109	2109		Re-Os	molybdenite	S-528-1	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		142700	Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China	Tongkuangyu	Chen et al. (1998)	MD17_224
Emily000384	2076	2076		Re-Os	molybdenite	S-528-2	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		142700	Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China	Tongkuangyu	Chen et al. (1998)	MD17_224
Emily000385	2098	2098		Re-Os	molybdenite	870-5147-3	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		142700	Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China	Tongkuangyu	Chen et al. (1998)	MD17_224
PorphCu-00189	2200	2100	2200–2100					Albite, Bornite, Carrollite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Millerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Stannite	Cu	142700	Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, China	Tongkuangyu	Singer et al. (2008)	USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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