Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 157649
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157649.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Daoping Mine (Tangping Mine)
Laochang Mine
Laohu
Limu Ta-Sn Ore Field
Taoxihe Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiling Mine

Latitude: 25°1'21"N
Longitude: 110°39'22"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.0225,110.65611111111

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.

Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite
Corundum	Descloizite	Diaspore	Dundasite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Triplite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Descloizite ()*	Diaspore ()*
Dolomite ()*	Dundasite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Plumbogummite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Willemite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite
Corundum Descloizite Diaspore Dundasite Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz Triplite Zircon

50 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)	214	214	6	38337,38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	214	214	1	38337	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	214	214	5	38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	38336	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	214	214	1	38341	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	214	214	2	38340,38342	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	214	214	1	38337	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	214	214	5	38333,38340,38341,38342,38344	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	214	214	6	38337,38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	38333	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	214	214	3	38340,38341,38342	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	214	214	1	38337	518
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	214	214	1	38341	289
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)			1	38333	378
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	214	214	1	38341	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	38333	9895
Dundasite ()*	Dundasite	PbAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O			1	38333	97
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	214	214	1	38337	551
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	214	214	1	38341	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	214	214	4	38338,38340,38341,38342	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	38334	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	214	214	4	38333,38334,38341,38344	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	38333	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	214	214	2	38333,38337	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	214	214	1	38337	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	214	214	1	38337	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	214	214	1	38337	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	214	214	1	38337	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	38333	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	214	214	5	38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	214	214	1	38337	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	214	214	6	38337,38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	17380
Plumbogummite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	38336	170
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	38334	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	214	214	4	38338,38339,38341,38344	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			2	38333,38336	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	214	214	3	38340,38341,38342	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	214	214	7	38333,38336,38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	214	214	4	38337,38338,38339,38341	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	214	214	1	38341	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	214	214	4	38333,38334,38341,38344	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	214	214	5	38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	668
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	214	214	3	38338,38339,38341	211
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	214	214	5	38338,38339,38340,38341,38342	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	214	214	1	38337	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	214	214	1	38337	2718
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	214	214	1	38337	56
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	38333	303
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	214	214	1	38337	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	214	214	3	38338,38339,38341	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								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
R050011	Daoping Mine (Tangping Mine), Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China	https://rruff.info/R050011
R060760	Daoping Mine (Tangping Mine), Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China	https://rruff.info/R060760
R120094	Daoping Mine (Tangping Mine), Gongcheng Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China	https://rruff.info/R120094

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