Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Xitian W-Sn Ore Field, Chaling Co., Zhuzhou, Hunan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 157350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xitian W-Sn Ore Field, Chaling Co., Zhuzhou, Hunan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Heshuxia Sn Deposit
Longshang Sn-polymetallic Deposit
Xitian W-Sn Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Vesuvianite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Topaz ()*	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: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Topaz Vesuvianite

22 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	150	150	1	40629	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	150	150	2	40628,40629	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	150	150	1	40629	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	150	150	1	40629	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	150	150	3	40627,40628,40629	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	150	150	2	40628,40629	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	150	150	2	40628,40629	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	150	150	2	40628,40629	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	150	150	2	40628,40629	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	150	150	2	40628,40629	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	150	150	2	40628,40629	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	150	150	2	40628,40629	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	150	150	2	40628,40629	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	150	150	1	40629	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	150	150	2	40628,40629	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	150	150	2	40628,40629	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	150	150	2	40628,40629	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	150	150	2	40628,40629	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	150	150	2	40628,40629	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	150	150	2	40628,40629	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	150	150	1	40629	1476
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	150	150	1	40629	1395

1 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
	Kristen002005	150	150	150		mineralization age								Sn, W	157350	Xitian W-Sn Ore Field, Chaling Co., Zhuzhou, Hunan, China	Xitian	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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