Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 156928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au Deposit
Laoyachao Au Deposit
Shuikoushan Mine
Xianrenyan Au Deposit
Yagongtang Mine

Latitude: 26°33'54"N
Longitude: 112°36'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.565,112.60666666667

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Polybasite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	Zippeite

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 Cd Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mn O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Polybasite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zippeite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*
Przhevalskite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Willemite ()*
Zippeite ()*

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	150	66	2	40298,40300	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	150	143	1	40300	315
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	150	143	1	40300	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	150	66	2	40298,40299	2734
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	150	143	1	40300	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	150	66	3	40298,40300,40302	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	150	66	1	40299	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	150	66	2	40298,40300	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	150	143	1	40300	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	150	66	2	40298,40300	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	145	66	1	40298	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	150	66	3	40298,40299,40300	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	150	143	1	40300	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	150	66	2	40298,40299	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	150	66	2	40298,40300	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	66	4	40298,40299,40300,40302	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	145	66	1	40298	281
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	1	40298	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	150	66	3	40298,40299,40300	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	150	66	3	40298,40300,40301	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	150	143	1	40300	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	66	3	40298,40299,40302	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	150	66	4	40298,40299,40300,40301	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	145	66	1	40298	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	150	66	4	40298,40299,40300,40302	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	150	66	1	40299	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	150	66	5	40298,40299,40300,40301,40302	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	145	66	1	40298	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	40298	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	150	66	3	40298,40299,40300	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	1	40298	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	150	66	3	40299,40300,40301	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	150	66	1	40299	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	150	66	2	40298,40300	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	150	143	1	40300	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	66	5	40298,40299,40300,40301,40302	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	145	66	1	40298	767
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	145	66	1	40298	249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	145	66	1	40298	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	145	66	1	40298	733
Przhevalskite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O	145	66	1	40302	2
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	150	66	2	40298,40300	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	66	5	40298,40299,40300,40301,40302	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	150	66	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	150	66	1	40299	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	66	3	40298,40300,40302	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	66	4	40298,40299,40300,40301	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	150	143	1	40300	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	150	66	1	40299	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	150	66	3	40298,40300,40302	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	66	1	40298	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	66	4	40298,40299,40300,40302	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	150	143	1	40300	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	150	143	1	40300	332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	66	1	40298	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	150	66	2	40298,40300	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	40298	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	150	66	3	40299,40300,40302	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	150	66	2	40298,40300	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	145	66	1	40298	303
Zippeite ()*	Zippeite	K₂[(UO₂)₄(SO₄)₂O₂(OH)₂](H₂O)₄	145	66	1	40302	175

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Chen2007tbl01-09	145	66	Cretaceous	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum	6469	Kangjiawan Pb-Zn-Ag-Au Deposit, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	Kangjiawan, Changning, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
sedznpb-00179	150	143	150–143		156932	Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	Shuikoushan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
Chen2007tbl01-10	145	66	Cretaceous	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Electrum	186998	Yagongtang Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	Yagongtang, Changning, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

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