Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 156623
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156623.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Leizhou Co. (Haikang Co.)
Lianjiang Co.
Potou District

Latitude: 21°17'35"N
Longitude: 110°15'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.293055555556,110.25527777778

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Jalpaite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Jalpaite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

30 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	38181	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	38178	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	38178	2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	38181	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	38180	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	38181	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	38181	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	38180,38181	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	38181	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	38181	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	38181,38182	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	38181	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	0	3	38177,38178,38184	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	38181	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	38181,38182	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	38180,38182	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	38180,38181,38182	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	38181	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	38180,38181,38182	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	38180	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	0	3	38180,38181,38184	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	0	3	38177,38181,38184	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	38180,38181	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	38181	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	38181,38182	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	38181	1934
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃			1	38181	62
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	38181	5317
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	66	0	2	38177,38184	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66	0	2	38177,38184	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
	ree-00302	66	0	Cenozoic											157949	Zhanjiang REE Deposit, Potou District, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China	Zhanjiang district	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
	ree-00311	66	0	Cenozoic											157949	Zhanjiang REE Deposit, Potou District, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China	Zhanjiang	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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