Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cangshang-Sanshandao Gold Camp, Laizhou Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

mindat Locality ID: 185643
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185643.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cangshang-Sanshandao Gold Camp, Laizhou Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sanshandao Mine
Xinli-Cangshang Mine (Xinli-Canzhuang Mine)

Latitude: 37°21'11"N
Longitude: 119°54'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.353055555556,119.91527777778

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

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

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	42863,42864	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	42863,42864	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	42863,42864	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	42864	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	42863,42864	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	42863	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	42863,42864	27198
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	42864	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	42863,42864	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	42863,42864	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	42863,42864	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42863	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	42863,42864	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	42863	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	42863,42864	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	42863,42864	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	42863,42864	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42863,42864	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	42863,42864	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	42863,42864	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	42863	1803
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	42864	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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