Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Yuncheng, Shanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 156130
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156130.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuncheng, Shanxi, China": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Jiang Co.
Pinglu Co.
Yanhu District
Yuanqu Co.

Latitude: 35°8'6"N
Longitude: 111°25'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.135,111.41861111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cl 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: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBlöditeBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteLillianiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteVivianiteWurtziteZippeiteZircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annabergite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Blödite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Cattierite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Cobaltpentlandite  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Erythrite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Millerite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Molybdite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pararammelsbergite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rammelsbergite  (*)Rutile  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Violarite  (*)Weissite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Zippeite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S22002076343288,43308,433092793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)222002076243288,433133419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)22002100643290,43308,43309,43311,43313,433158803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2220020761433153092
Annabergite  (*)VivianiteNi3(AsO4)2·8H2O22002076243308,43309445
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS22002076243308,433099052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)222002100443291,43300,43305,433135509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2200207614331511547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi22002076243308,433091966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S322002076243308,433091935
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O143298130
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4220021001043288,43289,43291,43300,43308,43309,43310,43313,43315,433175516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O622002076343308,43309,43315248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)22002076543288,43308,43309,43313,4331527770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S422002100343308,43309,43315154
Cattierite  (*)PyriteCoS222002076243308,4330930
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S22002100643289,43300,43308,43309,43313,433155707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22200661843288,43289,43290,43291,43294,43300,43302,43303,43304,43305,43308,43309,43310,43311,43312,43313,43315,4331727198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS22002100543289,43290,43308,43309,43315966
Cobaltpentlandite  (*)PentlanditeCo9S822002076343290,43308,4330982
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O22002076243308,43309566
Copper  (*)CopperCu22002100343308,43309,433133846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS22002100643300,43305,43308,43309,43313,433154165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S322002100243308,43309802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O22002100343308,43309,433132970
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)243293,43296481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S22002100343308,43309,433151027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6243302,433034135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)222002076343288,43308,433099895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)220066943288,43291,43294,43305,43308,43309,43310,43313,433158173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O22002076243308,43309814
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS220066843288,43294,43300,43302,43303,43308,43309,4331524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)22002076243308,433097437
Gold  (*)CopperAu22002076543288,43304,43308,43309,4331130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC22002076343288,43289,433132812
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1432981398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O322002100643291,43308,43309,43313,43315,4331714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te22002076243308,43309804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O322002100243313,433155433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4643288,43291,43293,43296,43304,433055591
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS622002076243308,43309128
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S422002076243308,43309249
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)22002076343308,43309,43311451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42200661043288,43294,43302,43303,43305,43308,43309,43312,43313,4331514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)222002100743291,43300,43305,43308,43309,43313,4331512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS222002076243308,433095674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe222002076243308,43309207
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS22002100343308,43309,433151066
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O143298223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS221092076843288,43300,43303,43308,43309,43311,43315,433175800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO322002076243308,43309140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22200661343288,43289,43291,43294,43304,43305,43308,43309,43310,43312,43313,43315,4331717380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs22002076243308,43309633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS22002076243308,43309767
Pararammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs222002076243308,4330952
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]22002100243308,43309249
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81433031512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)222002076443290,43308,43309,433112273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te322002076243308,4330957
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]22002100243308,43309716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22200661943288,43289,43290,43291,43294,43296,43300,43302,43303,43304,43305,43308,43309,43310,43311,43312,43313,43315,4331739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S822002100643289,43308,43309,43311,43312,433159056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2220020761543288,43289,43290,43291,43300,43303,43304,43305,43308,43309,43311,43312,43313,43315,4331761156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs222002076243308,43309233
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO222002100343308,43309,433155614
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S422002076243308,43309249
Silver  (*)CopperAg22002076343288,43308,433095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS220066943288,43289,43294,43300,43302,43308,43309,43313,4331521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS422002100143315668
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te322002076243308,43309276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13220021001433155317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO222002076443290,43308,43309,433112718
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S422002076243308,43309380
Weissite  (*)NoneCu2-xTe22002100243308,4330931
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS322002100243308,43309297
Zippeite  (*)ZippeiteK2[(UO2)4(SO4)2O2(OH)2](H2O)422002076243308,43309175


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Emily000383porphyry Cu deposit
Emily000384porphyry Cu deposit
Emily000385porphyry Cu deposit


5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Chen2007tbl01-5220166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 187027Fenghuangzui Mine, Pinglu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, ChinaFenghuangzui, Pinglu, ShanxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Emily00038321092109 Re-Os molybdeniteS-528-1  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 142700Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, ChinaTongkuangyuChen et al. (1998) MD17_224 
Emily00038420762076 Re-Os molybdeniteS-528-2  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 142700Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, ChinaTongkuangyuChen et al. (1998) MD17_224 
Emily00038520982098 Re-Os molybdenite870-5147-3  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 142700Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, ChinaTongkuangyuChen et al. (1998) MD17_224 
PorphCu-00189220021002200–2100      Albite, Bornite, Carrollite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Covellite, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Millerite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, StanniteCu142700Tongkuangyu Cu Deposit, Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field, Yuanqu Co., Yuncheng, Shanxi, ChinaTongkuangyuSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 

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