Mineral Evolution Database

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

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

mindat Locality ID: 156932
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156932.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuikoushan Mine, Shuikoushan Ore Field, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°36'0"N
Longitude: 112°38'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.6,112.63333333333

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Copper Corundum
Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	150	143	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	150	143	315
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	150	143	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	150	143	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	150	143	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	150	143	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	150	143	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	150	143	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	150	143	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	150	143	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	150	143	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	143	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	150	143	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	150	143	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	150	143	246
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	150	143	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	150	143	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	150	143	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	150	143	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	150	143	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	150	143	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	150	143	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	143	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	150	143	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	143	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	143	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	143	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	150	143	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	150	143	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	143	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	150	143	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	150	143	332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	150	143	5317
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	150	143	2718
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	150	143	1395

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age from other Locality	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	Yes	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	Yes	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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