Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Changjiang Co., Hainan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 960
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 156626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Changjiang Co., Hainan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Shilu Mine
Tuwaishan Au Deposit
Wangxia Au Deposit

Latitude: 19°14'12"N
Longitude: 109°2'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.236666666667,109.04333333333

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.

Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*
Cattierite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Linnaeite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Violarite ()*
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Zircon

51 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	960	830	1	38988	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	960	90	1	38988	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	960	830	1	38988	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	960	90	1	38988	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	38990	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	960	830	1	38988	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	960	90	1	38988	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	960	830	1	38988	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	960	90	2	38988,38990	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	154
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	960	830	1	38988	30
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	960	830	1	38988	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	960	830	1	38988	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	960	830	1	38988	3531
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	960	830	1	38988	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	960	830	1	38988	82
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	960	90	1	38988	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	960	90	1	38988	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	960	830	1	38988	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	960	90	1	38988	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	960	90	1	38988	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	38990	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	960	90	1	38988	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	960	830	1	38988	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	960	90	1	38988	5591
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	249
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	960	830	1	38988	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	960	830	1	38988	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	960	830	1	38988	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	960	90	1	38988	252
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	960	90	1	38988	161
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	960	90	1	38988	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	960	90	1	38988	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	960	90	1	38988	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	960	830	1	38988	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	960	90	1	38988	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	960	830	2	38988,38990	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	960	90	1	38988	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	960	830	1	38988	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	960	90	2	38988,38990	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	960	830	1	38988	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	249
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	960	830	1	38988	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	960	90	1	38988	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	960	90	1	38988	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	960	830	1	38988	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	960	90	1	38988	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	960	830	1	38988	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	960	90	1	38988	293
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	960	90	1	38988	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002432	960	830	deposition of BIF-type ore beds	Fe, Cu, Co	17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318
Kristen002433	830	360	formation of metamorphic sedimentary BIF-type ore deposit		17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318
Kristen002434	250	210	refinement of ore deposit through deformation and plutonism		17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318
Kristen002435	130	90	overprinting mineralizing stage		17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318

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