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Locality Name:
Zhejiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 889
Youngest recorded age at locality: 99.1

mindat Locality ID: 16066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhejiang, China": 203
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 135

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Da Tong Mine
Hangzhou
Huzhou
Jinhua
Lishui
Ningbo
Quzhou
Shaoxing
Taizhou
Wenzhou
Zhoushan

Latitude: 29°22'31"N
Longitude: 120°19'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.375277777778,120.3175

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Sr Te Ti U V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu H O P Si U Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBranneriteBrownleeite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDomeykite
EpidoteErioniteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetIronJalpaiteKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMeloniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteMordeniteNatroliteNickelineNolaniteNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePascoitePectolitePolybasitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRhodonite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSchreyeriteSepioliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTridymiteWollastoniteWurtziteXifengiteZircon

128 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Alabandite  (*)
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Domeykite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erionite-K  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Goldmanite  (*)Goyazite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Linzhiite  (*)Lunijianlaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Metamunirite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naquite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Nolanite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)
Pascoite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Petzite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schreyerite  (*)Selenopolybasite  (*)
Sepiolite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Svanbergite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Vaesite  (*)Volynskite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Xifengite  (*)Yuksporite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S845406,45411,45427,45474,45477,45502,45511,455122793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21455253419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61454611022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6145461286
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS245348,45427312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)889889645336,45449,45475,45486,45502,455258803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31454272353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe345406,45427,45486489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6245427,45518966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO28898891454752162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1454491588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21454863092
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2145516295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS345336,45406,455119052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61453732060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O88999.101272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2345356,45492,455195509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)8898891345336,45354,45356,45369,45370,45386,45470,45475,45477,45492,45493,45494,4551111547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31455021935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4745339,45345,45356,45434,45482,45492,455025516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11145519843
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6345453,45454,45455248
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2345427,45473,45486361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)8898892645330,45336,45340,45345,45348,45349,45356,45386,45395,45404,45406,45427,45434,45449,45453,45474,45475,45477,45486,45492,45493,45494,45502,45511,45519,4552327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2445336,45440,45450,455215171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S889889645336,45339,45420,45434,45475,455195707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2889131.83345335,45336,45338,45339,45344,45345,45348,45352,45356,45359,45386,45404,45406,45410,45420,45427,45428,45449,45450,45468,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45495,45502,45511,45519,45521,4552527198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41453763902
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1453302600
Copper  (*)CopperCu889889245474,454753846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3103.399.1245414,454151797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS345420,45449,455254165
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)145365498
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)103.399.1145414481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4445347,45453,45465,45497651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6134.6131.8745336,45359,45404,45449,45461,45481,454824135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2889131.81045336,45344,45345,45359,45383,45443,45475,45481,45493,454959895
Domeykite  (*)DomeykiteCu3As14551973
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)8898891145336,45404,45406,45420,45425,45427,45475,45502,45511,45519,455258173
Erionite-K  (*)ErioniteK10[Si26Al10O72]·30H2O14546122
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1454822740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF24745335,45336,45351,45353,45354,45363,45368,45369,45370,45371,45375,45380,45387,45388,45389,45390,45391,45393,45394,45395,45396,45397,45399,45400,45407,45422,45425,45427,45434,45437,45440,45441,45444,45453,45454,45455,45477,45478,45482,45484,45502,45509,45511,45516,45519,45521,455239617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1454611188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12145477663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS8898893545333,45336,45338,45344,45345,45348,45356,45386,45404,45406,45408,45410,45411,45417,45419,45420,45425,45427,45434,45449,45453,45468,45475,45477,45481,45486,45492,45495,45502,45506,45511,45519,45521,45525,4552824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1545345,45378,45381,45406,45427,45468,45472,45473,45474,45477,45486,45502,45511,45513,4551930554
Goldmanite  (*)GarnetCa3V3+2(SiO4)3245343,4535831
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6145497173
Graphite  (*)NoneC345406,45427,455252812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O388999.11145352,45414,45420,45427,45449,45453,45475,45481,45502,45521,4552514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te245427,45486804
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)688999.101066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3345336,45461,455325433
Iron  (*)IronFe245376,454321089
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2145427116
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2445356,45482,45492,45493102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41445336,45363,45368,45390,45395,45406,45427,45449,45465,45470,45477,45502,45511,455215591
Linzhiite  (*)NoneFeSi21454057
Lunijianlaite  (*)CorrensiteLi0.7Al6.2(Si7Al)O20(OH,O)10103.399.11454141
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4889131.81745339,45345,45359,45373,45410,45416,45420,45427,45440,45449,45450,45461,45475,45481,45482,45502,4552514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2889889545352,45356,45475,45492,4551912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2345336,45404,455255674
Metamunirite  (*)NoneNaV5+O30014534314
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1455254924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS445356,45482,45492,454931066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2134.6131.81445345,45352,45356,45359,45408,45416,45427,45449,45453,45481,45482,45492,45493,455215800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3145449140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O645343,45358,45403,45448,45453,455041508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O145403405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)288999.15045335,45336,45338,45343,45345,45356,45358,45363,45368,45370,45378,45390,45395,45404,45406,45411,45414,45415,45416,45417,45420,45425,45427,45434,45448,45449,45453,45454,45455,45459,45468,45470,45471,45472,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45494,45497,45502,45506,45511,45512,45513,45519,4552517380
Naquite  (*)BrownleeiteFeSi1454058
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1454611236
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se145427192
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)145373884
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs145482633
Nolanite  (*)NolaniteV3+8Fe3+2O14(OH)2245343,4535819
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1453862994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)245427,455252349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS445356,45482,45492,45493767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S214548255
Pascoite  (*)PascoiteCa3V5+10O28·17H2O14535878
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]145502249
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)145461363
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2245427,45486409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]245427,45477716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3145406733
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)14551180
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3245477,455111425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS28898895345333,45336,45338,45339,45343,45345,45348,45349,45352,45356,45358,45378,45381,45385,45390,45395,45404,45406,45410,45411,45416,45417,45425,45427,45428,45448,45449,45453,45459,45460,45462,45468,45470,45471,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45493,45494,45502,45506,45511,45512,45513,45519,45521,45523,45525,4552639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2103.399.11145336,45390,45395,45406,45414,45415,45427,45449,45465,45470,45482771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8945335,45336,45406,45420,45427,45434,45449,45473,455259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO28898895945335,45336,45343,45345,45348,45351,45354,45356,45358,45363,45368,45370,45371,45378,45386,45390,45395,45396,45403,45404,45406,45411,45415,45416,45417,45420,45425,45427,45434,45437,45440,45448,45449,45453,45454,45455,45459,45465,45468,45471,45472,45473,45474,45475,45477,45482,45486,45492,45493,45494,45502,45506,45511,45512,45513,45516,45519,45521,4552561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)645348,45427,45434,45477,45502,455111711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)345427,45502,45511969
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145343253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21455325614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)145461598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)134.6131.8545335,45336,45359,45416,454504894
Schreyerite  (*)SchreyeriteV3+2Ti4+3O914535810
Selenopolybasite  (*)NoneCu(Ag,Cu)6Ag9Sb2(S,Se)9Se21454276
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O145346241
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51453361516
Silver  (*)CopperAg645406,45427,45474,45477,45502,455115186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS8898893845333,45335,45336,45338,45344,45345,45348,45352,45356,45404,45406,45408,45410,45411,45417,45419,45420,45425,45427,45428,45434,45449,45453,45473,45474,45475,45477,45481,45486,45492,45495,45502,45506,45511,45519,45521,45525,4552821482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4245477,45511586
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS145477332
Svanbergite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6103.399.1145414105
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4145427337
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)245376,45432703
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S1614542735
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3245406,45427276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13245356,454921803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13345473,45477,455115317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O345449,45459,454614899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2345335,45336,455211476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O88999.101059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2245336,454822562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS245376,454321044
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2745409,45453,45454,45455,45459,45460,454622718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O88999.10890
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2345356,45492,45493106
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe214542764
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3345336,45366,454611247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4345356,45492,454931655
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS145420372
Xifengite  (*)XifengiteFe5Si31454055
Yuksporite  (*)NoneK4(Ca,Na)14(Sr,Ba)2(   ,Mn,Fe)(Ti,Nb)4(O,OH)4(Si6O17)2(Si2O7)3(H2O,OH)31454618
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)345449,45459,455325251



3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Michelle_0005134.6131.8133.2±1.4Os-OsAge of vein mineralizationmolybdeniteXLB-1  MolybdeniteAndradite, Chalcopyrite, Diopside, Epidote, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite, TremoliteFe, Mo205135Xianlinbu Mine (Xianlingbu Mine), Yuhang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaXianlinbu MineSun et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.175EG98_175Fig. 3E
Alexandra-0103103.399.1101.2 ± 2.1U-PbAge of intrusionzircon3  Zircon  5595Pyrophyllite Deposit, Haikou, Qingtian Co., Lishui, Zhejiang, ChinaPyrophyllite DepositQiu et al. (2004)10.1130/0-8137-2389-2.227GSASP389_227Tab. 1
vms-00420889889Neoproterozoic (976.4-802.3)       S145237Xiqiu Cu-Zn Deposit (Zigiu Cu-Zn Deposit), Shaoxing Co., Shaoxing, Zhejiang, ChinaXiqiuMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 


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