Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Erlihe Pb-Zn Deposit (Bafangshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 342

mindat Locality ID: 156268
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156268.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Erlihe Pb-Zn Deposit (Bafangshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°57'0"N
Longitude: 106°50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.95,106.83333333333

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Covellite Feldspar Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	393	342	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	393	342	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	393	342	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	342	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	393	342	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	342	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	393	342	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	342	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	393	342	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	342	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	342	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	393	342	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	393	342	14640
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	393	342	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	342	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	393	342	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	393	342	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	342	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	342	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	393	342	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	393	342	5317

2 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
	sedexmvt-00086	393	359	Middle-Late Devonian		host rock age									156268	Erlihe Pb-Zn Deposit (Bafangshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Bafangshan	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00145	374	342	342–374											156268	Erlihe Pb-Zn Deposit (Bafangshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Bafangshan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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