Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52

mindat Locality ID: 157370
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157370.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Baishuidong W-Sn Deposit
Baoshan Mine
Baxiannao W Deposit
Chikeng Ag-Pb Deposit
Keshuling W-Sn Deposit
Lujing Uranium Ore Field
Maoping W-Sn Deposit
Taoxikeng Mine
Tianjingwo Mine
Tianmenshan-Hongtaoling W-Sn Ore Field
Xian'etang W-Sn Deposit
Xin'anzi Mine

Latitude: 25°38'45"N
Longitude: 114°17'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.645833333333,114.29611111111

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Triplite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite	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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Calcite
Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Triplite Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Wurtzite Zircon

66 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*
Annite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Euclase ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Herzenbergite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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			1	41336	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	156.8	156.8	2	41336,41346	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	156.8	156.8	4	41333,41334,41341,41346	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	41333	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	41336	2734
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	41333	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	156.8	154.44	4	41333,41336,41346,41347	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	41339	1272
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	157.2	157.2	2	41332,41335	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	41334	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	154.44	154.44	2	41332,41347	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	570	52	5	41334,41336,41341,41344,41347	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	157.2	154.44	9	41332,41334,41335,41337,41346,41347,41349,41351,41352	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	52	10	41332,41334,41335,41336,41341,41344,41346,41347,41348,41352	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	41339,41341	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	570	52	1	41344	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	154.44	154.44	1	41347	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	570	52	3	41334,41336,41344	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	41333	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	41333	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	41334	8173
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	154.44	154.44	1	41347	120
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	154.44	154.44	3	41347,41348,41352	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			1	41333	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	570	52	8	41332,41334,41335,41336,41341,41344,41346,41347	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	570	52	9	41332,41333,41334,41335,41336,41341,41344,41348,41352	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	41336,41339	7437
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	41333	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	41336,41341	14640
Herzenbergite ()*	Arsenolamprite	SnS			1	41334	35
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	570	52	2	41333,41338	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	41336	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	154.44	154.44	2	41341,41347	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	570	52	3	41334,41338,41347	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	41336	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	41334,41336,41339	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	41336	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	41333,41339	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	157.2	154.44	7	41332,41333,41335,41346,41347,41348,41350	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	570	52	11	41332,41333,41334,41335,41336,41337,41339,41344,41346,41347,41351	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	154.44	154.44	1	41347	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	570	52	9	41332,41334,41335,41336,41341,41344,41346,41347,41348	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	154.44	154.44	1	41347	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	570	52	3	41334,41336,41344	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	570	52	11	41332,41334,41335,41336,41337,41341,41344,41346,41347,41350,41351	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	41336	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	41333	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	154.44	154.44	4	41334,41347,41348,41351	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	41336	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	570	52	2	41333,41344	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	41336	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	157.2	154.44	9	41332,41334,41335,41336,41341,41346,41347,41348,41352	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	41334	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	156.8	156.8	2	41336,41346	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			2	41333,41341	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	156.8	154.44	4	41332,41333,41346,41347	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	41339	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	41334,41336	2562
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	157.2	156.8	2	41335,41346	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	54	52	6	41340,41341,41342,41343,41344,41345	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	41339	890
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	41333	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	41333	1247
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			2	41333,41339	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	41341	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	41333	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000916	The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000917	The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000918	The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	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
Kristen001998	157.2	157.2	157.2		mineralization age				W, Sn	228569	Baxiannao W Deposit, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Baxiannao	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Giersdorf_00000916	570	570	570		wall rock age					210705	Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Shabon U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	Relative Geological Age applied to the wall rock
Giersdorf_00000917	54	54	54	U-Pb	mineralization age	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	210705	Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Shabon U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Giersdorf_00000918	52	52	52	U-Pb	mineralization age	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	210705	Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Shabon U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Kristen001999	156.8	156.8	156.8		mineralization age				W, Sn	192890	Maoping W-Sn Deposit, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Maoping	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen001987	154.44	154.44	154.44		mineralization age				W	157369	Taoxikeng Mine, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Taoxikeng	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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