Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yueyang, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 106
Youngest recorded age at locality: 106

mindat Locality ID: 156571
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156571.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yueyang, Hunan, China": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Huarong Co.
Linxiang Co.
Pingjiang Co.
Xiangyin Co.
Yueyang Co.

Latitude: 29°4'25"N
Longitude: 113°39'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.073611111111,113.6575

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite
Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Aurostibite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spodumene ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Ta Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite
Zircon

37 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	106	106	1	40578	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	40580,40588,40594	8803
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb			1	40598	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			5	40582,40586,40589,40596,40598	9052
Aurostibite ()*	Pyrite	AuSb₂			1	40598	73
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	40595	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	106	106	1	40578	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			4	40580,40588,40590,40594	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	40591	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			2	40589,40598	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	106	106	2	40578,40589	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	40592	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	106	106	6	40578,40586,40589,40591,40593,40596	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	40588	518
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	40592	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	40589	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	106	106	3	40578,40591,40593	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	106	106	7	40578,40586,40589,40591,40593,40595,40596	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			6	40582,40586,40589,40596,40598,40600	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	40586,40591	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			4	40576,40597,40602,40604	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	40591	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	40592	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	106	106	9	40578,40580,40582,40586,40589,40591,40592,40594,40596	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	106	106	9	40578,40582,40586,40589,40591,40592,40593,40596,40598	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	40589,40596	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	106	106	11	40578,40582,40586,40589,40590,40591,40593,40595,40596,40598,40600	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			5	40576,40596,40597,40602,40604	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	40589,40600	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	106	106	7	40578,40586,40589,40591,40593,40595,40596	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			2	40580,40588	688
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	40589,40598	3418
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	40580	211
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	40596	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	40595	1059
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			3	40576,40602,40604	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	40576,40602,40604	5251

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
	Kristen002019	106	106	106		mineralization age								Pb, Zn, Cu	711	Taolin Mine, Linxiang Co., Yueyang, Hunan, China	Taolin	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050005	Taolin Mine, Linxiang Co., Yueyang, Hunan, China	https://rruff.info/R050005

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