Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 248.3

mindat Locality ID: 185554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Danba Pegmatite Field
Xintaizi Au Ore Field
Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE Ore Field

Latitude: 30°39'36"N
Longitude: 101°51'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.66,101.86083333333

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	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Iron	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Lepidocrocite	Melonite
Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Staurolite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Ullmannite	Wurtzite

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 Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Ru S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Iron Kaolinite Löllingite Lepidocrocite Melonite
Mica Millerite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Staurolite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Ullmannite Wurtzite

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromferide ()*	Chromite ()*
Chromium ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Danbaite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kotulskite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laurite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Mackinawite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maslovite ()*	Matildite ()*	Melonite ()*	Michenerite ()*
Millerite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naldrettite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Omeiite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Palladium ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Qusongite ()*
Realgar ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Sudburyite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Violarite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	252.1	248.3	1	43377	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	252.1	248.3	1	43377	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	252.1	248.3	1	43372	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	252.1	248.3	1	43372	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	43365	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	252.1	248.3	3	43366,43374,43377	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	43365	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	252.1	248.3	9	43365,43366,43368,43369,43370,43371,43373,43374,43377	27198
Chromferide ()*	Iron	Fe_1.5Cr_0.2	252.1	248.3	1	43372	3
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	252.1	248.3	1	43377	3902
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	252.1	248.3	1	43372	26
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	252.1	248.3	1	43377	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	43365	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	43365,43366	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	252.1	248.3	1	43372	802
Danbaite ()*	None	CuZn₂	252.1	248.3	1	43372	1
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	252.1	248.3	3	43373,43374,43377	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	252.1	248.3	3	43373,43374,43377	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	252.1	248.3	5	43365,43366,43373,43374,43377	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	252.1	248.3	2	43365,43372	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	252.1	248.3	3	43365,43366,43372	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	252.1	248.3	2	43365,43377	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	252.1	248.3	3	43373,43374,43377	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	43366	5591
Kotulskite ()*	Nickeline	Pd(Te,Bi)_2-x (x ≈ 0.4)	252.1	248.3	1	43372	116
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	43360	1507
Laurite ()*	Pyrite	RuS₂	252.1	248.3	1	43372	226
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	252.1	248.3	1	43372	581
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	252.1	248.3	1	43377	249
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	252.1	248.3	1	43372	451
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	252.1	248.3	3	43373,43374,43377	14899
Maslovite ()*	Pyrite	PtBiTe	252.1	248.3	1	43372	23
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	43365	252
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	252.1	248.3	1	43372	207
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	252.1	248.3	1	43372	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	252.1	248.3	1	43372	1066
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	252.1	248.3	1	43372	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	252.1	248.3	5	43360,43362,43363,43366,43372	17380
Naldrettite ()*	None	Pd₂Sb	252.1	248.3	1	43372	11
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	252.1	248.3	1	43372	633
Omeiite ()*	Löllingite	OsAs₂	252.1	248.3	1	43372	7
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	43365	511
Palladium ()*	Copper	Pd	252.1	248.3	1	43372	59
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	252.1	248.3	2	43365,43372	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	252.1	248.3	8	43368,43369,43370,43371,43372,43373,43374,43377	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	252.1	248.3	1	43372	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	252.1	248.3	4	43365,43366,43372,43377	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	252.1	248.3	4	43365,43373,43374,43377	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	252.1	248.3	6	43362,43363,43365,43366,43374,43377	61156
Qusongite ()*	None	WC	252.1	248.3	1	43372	3
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	43365	712
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	43360	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	43365	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	252.1	248.3	1	43377	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	252.1	248.3	5	43365,43366,43373,43374,43377	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			2	43365,43366	668
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			1	43360	978
Sudburyite ()*	Nickeline	PdSb	252.1	248.3	1	43372	46
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	252.1	248.3	7	43368,43369,43370,43371,43373,43374,43377	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	252.1	248.3	1	43372	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	43365	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	43365,43366	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	252.1	248.3	1	43372	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	252.1	248.3	3	43373,43374,43377	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS			1	43365	293
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	252.1	248.3	1	43377	380
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	252.1	248.3	1	43377	1025

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
	EG105_1057_006	340	250	340-250			low							Ni, Cu, Pt, Pd, Rh, Ir, Os, Ru	232908	Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE Ore Field, Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Yangliuping	Begg et al. (2010)	10.2113/econgeo.105.6.1057	EG105_1057
	MD26_550-00002	252.1	248.3	250.2±1.9	Ar-Ar			phlogopite				Phlogopite			730	Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE Deposit, Yangliuping Cu-Ni-PGE Ore Field, Danba Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China	Maiyue'er picritic mafic-ultramafic rocks close to Yangliuping Cu-Ni massive sulfide deposit	Wang et al. (2007)		MD26_550

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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