Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chizhou, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 156543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chizhou, Anhui, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dongzhi Co.
Guichi District
Qingyang Co.

Latitude: 30°35'0"N
Longitude: 117°40'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.583333333333,117.67472222222

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vernadite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

51 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)	145	66	3	36954,36956,36958	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	145	66	1	36958	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1	36958	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	4	36946,36947,36956,36958	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	66	2	36953,36958	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	140.6	133.9	2	36956,36963	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	2	36958,36963	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	36956	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	5	36949,36951,36956,36958,36963	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	140.6	133.9	3	36953,36962,36963	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	9	36946,36947,36951,36953,36954,36956,36958,36962,36963	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	36953	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	140.6	133.9	3	36953,36962,36963	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O			1	36953	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	2	36951,36958	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	2	36958,36963	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	3	36950,36954,36958	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	140.6	133.9	1	36963	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	7	36950,36952,36953,36956,36958,36962,36963	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	140.6	133.9	2	36953,36963	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	5	36950,36956,36958,36962,36963	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1	36958	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	145	66	1	36958	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	140.6	133.9	4	36950,36953,36956,36963	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	36956	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	3	36954,36958,36963	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	2	36958,36963	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	3	36953,36958,36962	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	2	36958,36963	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	4	36954,36958,36960,36962	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	7	36946,36947,36950,36954,36956,36958,36963	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	140.6	133.9	1	36963	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	36956	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	9	36946,36947,36950,36951,36953,36954,36956,36958,36963	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	36949	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	36958,36963	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	9	36946,36947,36950,36951,36953,36954,36956,36958,36963	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	36956	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	36949,36955,36957	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	36956	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	140.6	133.9	1	36961	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	2	36958,36963	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	8	36946,36947,36950,36952,36954,36956,36958,36963	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	36946,36947	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	36958	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	140.6	133.9	1	36963	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO			1	36953	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	140.6	133.9	1	36963	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	36958	2562
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	36949	65
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	1	36958	1247

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	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 DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
Chen2007tbl01-33	145	66	Cretaceous						Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite		145644	Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China	Tongshan, Guichi, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Michelle_0003	140.6	135.6	138.1±2.5	Os-Os	Age of intrusion	molybdenite	TL-2	Molybdenite	Quartz	Mo	216320	Qingyang Co., Chizhou, Anhui, China	Shanxingshan	Sun et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.175	EG98_175	Fig. 2C, Fig. 3C
Michelle_0004	138.9	133.9	136.4±2.5	Os-Os	Age of intrusion	molybdenite	TL-4	Molybdenite	Quartz	Mo	216320	Qingyang Co., Chizhou, Anhui, China	Shenglilinchang	Sun et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.175	EG98_175	Fig. 2D, Fig. 3C

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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