Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Laohutou Mine, Limu Ta-Sn Ore Field, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 214
Youngest recorded age at locality: 214

mindat Locality ID: 157648
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157648.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Laohutou Mine, Limu Ta-Sn Ore Field, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite
Stannite	Topaz	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: Al As Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O S Si Sn Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu F Fe H K Mn Na O S Si Sn Ta Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Columbite Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite
Stannite Topaz Zircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Stannite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Topaz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	214	214	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	214	214	9052
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	214	214	5171
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	214	214	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	214	214	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	214	214	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	214	214	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	214	214	5614
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	214	214	668
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	214	214	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	214	214	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	214	214	5251

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
	Kristen001971	214	214	214		mineralization age					Yes			Nb, Ta, W, Sn	64721	Limu Ta-Sn Ore Field, Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China	Limu	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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