Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chuzhou, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 156613
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156613.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chuzhou, Anhui, China": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dingyuan Co.
Fengyang Co.
Langya District
Mingguang Co. (Jiashan Co.)
Quanjiao Co.
Tianchang Co.

Latitude: 32°27'19"N
Longitude: 118°9'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.455277777778,118.15472222222

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Orpiment
Palygorskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*	Palygorskite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Orpiment
Palygorskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Stilpnomelane Titanite

45 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36983	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	36977	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	201	66	3	36967,36971,36973	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	36976	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	36967,36971,36979	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	36967,36971	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	201	66	3	36967,36971,36973	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	36965,36979,36981,36983	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	201	66	1	36973	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	201	66	3	36967,36971,36973	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	66	4	36967,36971,36973,36983	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	36976	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	36975,36979,36981	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	36977	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	36979	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	66	3	36967,36971,36973	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36977	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	66	6	36967,36968,36971,36973,36979,36980	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	36966,36971	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	66	3	36970,36973,36983	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	201	66	1	36973	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201	66	1	36973	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201	66	3	36973,36977,36983	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	201	66	1	36973	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	201	66	1	36973	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	36975	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	201	66	3	36967,36971,36973	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	36981	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	36979	511
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			2	36975,36981	306
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36976	313
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	201	66	1	36973	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	36976	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	66	5	36967,36971,36973,36979,36983	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201	66	1	36973	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	36967,36968,36970,36971,36975,36979,36983	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	36979	712
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	36981	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	36970,36981	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	201	66	1	36973	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	201	66	1	36973	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	66	3	36967,36971,36973	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	36976	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	36977	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	36977	4899

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
	Chen2007tbl01-45	201	66	Jurassic–Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		145314	Langyashan Cu-Au Deposit (Lanyashan Cu-Au Deposit), Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui, China	Langyeshan, Chuxian, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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