Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Foshan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66.3

mindat Locality ID: 156549
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156549.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Foshan, Guangdong, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gaoming District
Nanhai District

Latitude: 22°57'56"N
Longitude: 112°47'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.965555555556,112.78972222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Orpiment	Owyheeite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Copper ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diaphorite ()*
Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Owyheeite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Scorodite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Vernadite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite
Covellite Digenite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None
Orpiment Owyheeite Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Zircon

47 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	66.3	66.3	1	37848	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	109.9	66.3	2	37847,37848	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	109.9	109.9	1	37847	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	66.3	66.3	1	37848	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	66.3	66.3	1	37848	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	109.9	66.3	4	37847,37848,37849,37851	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	109.9	109.9	3	37847,37849,37851	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	37852	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	66.3	66.3	3	37848,37849,37851	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	109.9	66.3	2	37847,37848	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	37851	3846
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	37852	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	109.9	109.9	1	37847	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	37852	599
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	66.3	66.3	1	37848	126
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	109.9	109.9	1	37847	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	66.3	66.3	1	37848	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	66.3	66.3	2	37848,37851	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	109.9	66.3	3	37847,37848,37851	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	66.3	66.3	4	37848,37849,37850,37851	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	109.9	109.9	2	37847,37849	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37851	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	109.9	109.9	1	37847	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	109.9	66.3	2	37847,37848	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	37852	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	109.9	109.9	1	37847	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	109.9	109.9	1	37847	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	66.3	66.3	1	37848	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	109.9	66.3	4	37846,37847,37848,37849	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	109.9	109.9	1	37847	511
Owyheeite ()*	Owyheeite	Ag₃Pb₁₀Sb₁₁S₂₈	66.3	66.3	1	37848	89
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	66.3	66.3	1	37848	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	109.9	66.3	2	37847,37848	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	66.3	66.3	1	37848	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	109.9	66.3	4	37847,37848,37849,37850	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	37852	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	109.9	66.3	4	37847,37848,37849,37851	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	109.9	109.9	1	37847	712
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	109.9	109.9	1	37847	1153
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	66.3	66.3	1	37848	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	109.9	66.3	5	37847,37848,37849,37850,37851	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	66.3	66.3	1	37848	586
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	109.9	66.3	2	37847,37848	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	66.3	66.3	1	37848	5317
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	37852	65
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	37851	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	109.9	109.9	1	37847	5251

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
	Kristen002016	109.9	109.9	109.9		mineralization age								Au	157678	Changkeng Au Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China	Changkeng	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	Kristen002017	66.3	66.3	66.3		mineralization age								Ag, Au, Cu	157679	Fuwan Ag Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China	Fuwan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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