Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xiangxi, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 156570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangxi, Hunan, China": 68
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 51

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baojing Co.
Fenghuang Co.
Huayuan Co.
Longshan Co.
Luxi Co.
Yongshun Co.

Latitude: 28°38'9"N
Longitude: 109°30'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.635833333333,109.505

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Geocronite
Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordanite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Polhemusite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Willemite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Geocronite
Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

42 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
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	40483	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	40483,40495	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	521	18	40437,40441,40445,40452,40456,40459,40460,40461,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40479,40482,40483,40492,40495	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	40487	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	541	521	1	40458	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	31	40433,40437,40441,40442,40445,40452,40454,40455,40459,40460,40461,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40474,40475,40476,40478,40479,40481,40482,40483,40488,40492,40495	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	40488,40492	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	521	5	40437,40443,40455,40459,40488	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	541	521	19	40431,40433,40435,40437,40438,40439,40441,40442,40443,40444,40445,40446,40449,40450,40452,40453,40454,40456,40458	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	521	39	40431,40433,40435,40437,40438,40439,40441,40442,40443,40444,40445,40446,40449,40450,40452,40453,40454,40455,40456,40459,40460,40462,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40475,40476,40478,40479,40481,40482,40483,40488,40492,40495	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	40495	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	541	521	10	40437,40459,40460,40462,40464,40465,40466,40479,40482,40487	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	521	30	40434,40435,40454,40455,40456,40459,40460,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40475,40476,40477,40478,40479,40480,40481,40482,40488,40489,40490,40491,40492,40493,40495	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	40495	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	541	521	10	40459,40460,40464,40473,40475,40476,40478,40481,40488,40495	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	40492	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	40488,40492	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			2	40488,40492	1066
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	541	521	1	40479	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	541	521	1	40458	105
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	40483	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	521	1	40459	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	40487	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	521	10	40437,40439,40460,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40479,40482	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			5	40431,40437,40441,40454,40456	255
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	40431	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	521	4	40458,40483,40488,40495	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	40495	2349
Polhemusite ()*	Sphalerite	(Zn,Hg)S			1	40431	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	34	40431,40433,40435,40437,40438,40439,40441,40442,40443,40446,40449,40450,40452,40453,40454,40455,40456,40459,40460,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40477,40479,40482,40483,40488,40492,40495	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	521	21	40431,40433,40437,40438,40439,40441,40442,40444,40445,40450,40452,40454,40455,40456,40459,40464,40479,40483,40488,40492,40495	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			7	40433,40437,40439,40441,40442,40445,40454	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	40483	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	541	521	2	40462,40479	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	40488,40492	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	45	40433,40434,40435,40437,40438,40439,40441,40442,40443,40445,40446,40449,40452,40453,40454,40455,40456,40459,40460,40461,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40474,40475,40476,40477,40478,40479,40480,40481,40482,40488,40489,40490,40491,40492,40493,40495	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			8	40437,40439,40441,40442,40445,40446,40450,40452	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	40432,40437	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	40431	5317
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	40488	303
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	541	521	1	40458	1655
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			1	40488	372

1 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-00098	541	521	Early Cambrian		host rock age									157244	Huayuan Pb-Zn Ore Field, Huayuan Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China	Huayuan	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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