Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 157415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baoshan Cu-Mo-Bi-W Deposit
Baoshandong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan East Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit)
Baoshanxi Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan West Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit)
Caishenmiao Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 25°44'15"N
Longitude: 112°42'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.7375,112.71555555556

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Junoite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Covellite Epidote Fluorite Junoite Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Marcasite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Polybasite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gladite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Heyrovskýite ()*	Idaite ()*
Junoite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pavonite ()*
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tintinaite ()*

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	162	66	2	40174,40175	2793
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	162	66	1	40176	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	2	40174,40176	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	162	66	1	40173	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	162	66	1	40176	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	162	66	1	40176	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	162	66	1	40176	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	162	66	3	40174,40175,40176	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	162	66	0		91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	162	66	0		5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	162	66	1	40176	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	162	66	2	40174,40176	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	3	40173,40174,40176	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	162	66	1	40176	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	162	66	3	40174,40175,40176	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	162	66	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	162	66	2	40174,40176	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	162	66	0		663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	3	40174,40175,40176	24243
Gladite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBi₅S₉	162	66	0		67
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	1	40174	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	162	66	1	40176	2812
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	162	66	1	40176	804
Heyrovskýite ()*	Lillianite	Pb₆Bi₂S₉	162	66	0		66
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	162	66	0		142
Junoite ()*	Junoite	Cu₂Pb₃Bi₈(S,Se)₁₆	162	66	0		18
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	162	66	1	40176	5591
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	162	66	0		128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	162	66	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	162	66	1	40174	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	162	66	1	40176	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	162	66	1	40173	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	162	66	1	40176	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	162	66	1	40176	192
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	162	66	0		72
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	162	66	0		249
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	162	66	1	40174	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	162	66	2	40174,40175	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	162	66	2	40174,40175	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	3	40174,40175,40176	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	162	66	1	40176	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	1	40176	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	162	66	2	40174,40176	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	162	66	0		64
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	162	66	2	40173,40174	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	162	66	1	40176	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	162	66	2	40174,40176	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	3	40174,40175,40176	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	162	66	0		332
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	162	66	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	162	66	2	40174,40176	5317
Tintinaite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₀Cu₂Sb₁₆S₃₅	162	66	1	40176	24

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
	Chen2007tbl01-08	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum		157415	Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Baoshan, Guiyang, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	MD43_375-00005	162	158	160±2											157415	Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Baoshan	Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375

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