Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 157931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dingjiashan Cu-Au Deposit (Dengjiashan Cu-Au Deposit)
Gaofeng Mine
Panhudu Cu-Au Deposit
Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit)
Xiafan
Yangjishan Mine

Latitude: 29°44'11"N
Longitude: 115°37'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.736388888889,115.63166666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Neyite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite
Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	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 Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Neyite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite
Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

65 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Famatinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Greigite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hodrušite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Neyite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	41541	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	41537	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	41537	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	41541	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1	41537	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	41541	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	2	41537,41541	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	41537	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	41541	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	2	41537,41541	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	41541	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	3	41537,41538,41541	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	41541	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	145	66	1	41538	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	3	41537,41538,41541	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	3	41534,41537,41541	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	145	66	1	41538	1382
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe			1	41541	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	1	41537	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	41541	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	1	41538	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145	66	2	41537,41541	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	1	41537	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	1	41537	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄			1	41541	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	2	41534,41537	8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄			1	41541	163
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	1	41537	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	3	41534,41537,41541	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	1	41538	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	5	41534,41535,41537,41538,41541	30554
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	145	66	1	41537	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	3	41534,41537,41538	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	2	41537,41541	804
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂			1	41541	28
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	66	1	41538	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	4	41534,41537,41538,41541	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	2	41534,41537	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	3	41534,41537,41538	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	2	41537,41541	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	3	41534,41537,41541	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	3	41534,41537,41541	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	145	66	1	41537	192
Neyite ()*	Neyite	Ag₂Cu₆Pb₂₅Bi₂₆S₆₈			1	41541	12
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	4	41534,41535,41537,41541	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	145	66	2	41534,41538	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	41537	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	41537,41541	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	5	41534,41535,41537,41538,41541	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	41534	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	145	66	1	41537	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	1	41537	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	2	41537,41538	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	3	41534,41537,41541	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	41534	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	41537	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	41541	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	66	2	41537,41541	1803
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	145	66	1	41538	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	2	41537,41541	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	66	1	41537	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	41537	2562
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	41541	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	1	41537	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	145	66	1	41537	5251

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
	Chen2007tbl01-15	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite		157437	Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China	Wushan, Ruichang, Jiangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	Chen2007tbl01-16	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		244326	Wujia Au Deposit, Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China	Wujia, Ruichang, Jiangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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