Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guigang, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 157819
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157819.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guigang, Guangxi, China": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gangbei District
Gangnan District
Guiping Co.
Pingnan Co.

Latitude: 23°21'14"N
Longitude: 109°53'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.353888888889,109.89555555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum
Cylindrite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Birnessite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Franckeite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nsutite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Vernadite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum
Cylindrite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

40 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	38323	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	38318	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	38320	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			11	38312,38313,38315,38321,38322,38324,38326,38327,38328,38329,38330	11547
Birnessite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K)_0.6(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)₂O₄·1.5H₂O			1	38323	178
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			6	38312,38313,38315,38321,38329,38330	843
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	38323	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	38313,38315,38320,38323	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	38320	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			9	38312,38313,38315,38318,38320,38321,38324,38329,38330	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	38323	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	38320	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			13	38312,38313,38315,38320,38321,38322,38323,38324,38326,38327,38328,38329,38330	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	38320,38325	9617
Franckeite ()*	Cylindrite	Pb_21.7Sn_9.3Fe_4.0Sb_8.1S_56.9			1	38320	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			13	38312,38313,38315,38316,38320,38321,38322,38324,38326,38327,38328,38329,38330	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	2	38311,38318	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	38323	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	38320	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	100	100	1	38311	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			1	38323	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	38316,38320,38323	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	38323	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	100	1	38311	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	5	38311,38316,38318,38320,38323	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			1	38323	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	12	38311,38312,38313,38315,38316,38318,38320,38321,38324,38327,38329,38330	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	38323	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	38315,38320	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	13	38311,38312,38313,38315,38316,38318,38320,38321,38322,38326,38328,38329,38330	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	38323	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	38323	969
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	38318	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	38318	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			13	38312,38313,38315,38316,38320,38321,38322,38324,38326,38327,38328,38329,38330	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	38320	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	38316,38320	3418
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	38323	65
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	38320	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	38320	1247

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
	Kristen002021	100	100	100		mineralization age								Au	157845	Longtoushan Mine, Gangbei District, Guigang, Guangxi, China	Longtoushan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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