Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 133
Youngest recorded age at locality: 111

mindat Locality ID: 185630
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185630.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°27'40"N
Longitude: 120°33'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.461111111111,120.55638888889

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	133	111	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	133	111	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	133	111	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	133	111	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	133	111	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	133	111	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	133	111	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	133	111	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	133	111	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	133	111	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	133	111	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	133	111	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	133	111	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	133	111	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	133	111	21482

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
G29_711-00001	133	111	122±11	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 48, Dakaitou Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711
G29_711-00002	126	119.4	122.7±11	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711
G29_711-00003	127.2	118.8	123±4.2	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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