Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hainan, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 250
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 157183
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157183.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hainan, Qinghai, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gonghe Co.
Qinghai Lake (Lake Koko Nor)
Tongde Co.
Xinghai Co.

Latitude: 35°58'6"N
Longitude: 100°7'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.968333333333,100.11777777778

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.

Amphibole	Andalusite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Picromerite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

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 Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Blödite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Olivine Pentlandite Picromerite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Wurtzite

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bischofite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Blödite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carnallite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Ferrisepiolite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Greigite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Livingstonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nesquehonite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Periclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Picromerite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Stannoidite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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	250	145	4	42356,42357,42359,42360	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	201	145	6	42343,42353,42356,42357,42358,42359	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	201	145	1	42357	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	201	145	1	42357	1534
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	250	250	1	42360	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	201	145	7	42347,42351,42354,42355,42356,42357,42359	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	42342	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	42355	11547
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O			1	42345	42
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	201	145	3	42355,42357,42359	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	42355	1935
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O			1	42345	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	250	145	3	42342,42357,42360	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	42355	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	250	145	9	42342,42351,42354,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O			1	42345	132
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			2	42342,42356	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	42359	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	250	145	12	42342,42343,42344,42347,42349,42354,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			4	42349,42350,42354,42355	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	201	145	1	42357	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	42342	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	201	145	1	42357	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	201	145	5	42342,42356,42357,42358,42359	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	42354	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	250	145	5	42342,42356,42357,42359,42360	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O			1	42345	484
Ferrisepiolite ()*	Sepiolite	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg)₄[(Si,Fe³⁺)₆O₁₅](O,OH)₂·6H₂O	201	145	1	42357	5
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	42359	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	201	145	1	42357	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	250	145	8	42347,42353,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	145	4	42347,42351,42355,42357	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	201	145	1	42357	717
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄			1	42345	62
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	250	145	3	42342,42357,42360	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	42354	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	42345	1398
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	250	250	1	42360	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	145	1	42357	14640
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	42345	341
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	42355	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201	145	3	42351,42357,42358	5591
Livingstonite ()*	None	HgSb₄S₆(S)₂			1	42354	24
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	250	145	4	42342,42355,42357,42360	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201	145	4	42342,42355,42357,42358	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	42344,42356,42359	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	42354	397
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	42345	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	250	145	4	42343,42357,42358,42360	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	250	145	10	42343,42351,42353,42354,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	17380
Nesquehonite ()*	None	Mg(CO₃)·3H₂O			1	42345	80
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	42344	1512
Periclase ()*	Rocksalt	MgO	201	145	1	42357	114
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	201	145	1	42357	2273
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O			1	42345	44
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	42359	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	250	145	13	42342,42343,42347,42349,42351,42353,42354,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	250	145	8	42343,42344,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	250	145	11	42342,42343,42351,42353,42354,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	201	145	3	42342,42351,42357	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	201	145	1	42357	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	250	145	7	42353,42355,42356,42357,42358,42359,42360	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	201	145	1	42357	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	250	250	2	42356,42360	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	201	145	1	42357	80
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			5	42348,42349,42351,42354,42356	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	201	145	1	42357	332
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl			1	42345	275
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	201	145	2	42357,42359	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)			1	42345	299
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	201	145	1	42357	2562
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	201	145	1	42357	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	201	145	1	42357	1247

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
	Chen2007tbl01-67	201	145	Jurassic									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		123464	Saishitang Mine (Saishentang Mine; Sashitang Mine), Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China	Saishitang, Xinghai, Qinghai	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	vms-00414	250	250	Permian-Triassic										S	191851	Tongyugou Mine, Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China	Tongyugou	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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