Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Siping, Jilin, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 445
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 156578
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156578.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Siping, Jilin, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lishu Co.
Yitong Co.

Latitude: 43°27'47"N
Longitude: 124°48'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.463055555556,124.815

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	Allargentum	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Jalpaite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mckinstryite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pearceite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
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 Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Enargite Epidote Feldspar Jalpaite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Wurtzite

41 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			1	41786	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41786	8803
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)			1	41786	69
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	41786	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	445	445	1	41789	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	41786	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	41786	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	41786	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	445	445	3	41786,41787,41789	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	41786	1382
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	41786	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	41786	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	41786	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	41786	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	41786	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	445	445	2	41786,41789	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	41786	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	445	445	2	41786,41789	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	445	445	1	41789	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	41786	14640
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	41786	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	445	445	2	41786,41789	14899
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄			1	41786	51
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	445	445	1	41789	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	41786	17380
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]			1	41786	249
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	41787	1512
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	41786	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	41786	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	445	445	2	41786,41789	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	445	445	3	41786,41787,41789	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	41786	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	41786	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	445	445	2	41785,41789	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	41786	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	41786	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	445	445	2	41786,41789	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	41786	586
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			1	41786	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	41786	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			4	41781,41782,41784,41786	1247

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
	vms-00393	445	445	Late Ordovician										S	143619	Fangniugou Pb-Zn Deposit, Yitong Co., Siping, Jilin, China	Fangniugou	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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