Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 288.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 167.9

mindat Locality ID: 186567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Dushikou
Huoshigou Ag Deposit
Jiangjiazhai Fe Deposit
Jinbeizhuang Fe Deposit
Longguanzhen Mine
Longyan Mine
Pangjiapu Fe-Mn Deposit
Qingyanggou Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiaozhangjiakou Gold Field
Zhaojiagou Au Deposit (Chaojiagou Au Deposit)
Zhenningpu

Latitude: 40°51'9"N
Longitude: 115°38'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.8525,115.64611111111

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Crichtonite	Cristobalite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluocerite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
Molybdenite	Mordenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Cristobalite ()*	Davidite-(La) ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Mordenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stephanite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ce Cr Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ce Cr F Fe H La O Ti U V Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Crichtonite Cristobalite Epidote Feldspar Fluocerite Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite
Molybdenite Mordenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

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	288.5	167.9	2	39306,39315	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	288.5	167.9	5	39308,39310,39311,39313,39318	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	288.5	167.9	1	39315	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	288.5	167.9	1	39311	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	288.5	167.9	1	39315	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	288.5	167.9	1	39310	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	288.5	167.9	1	39315	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	288.5	167.9	7	39305,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39318	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	288.5	167.9	1	39310	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	288.5	167.9	8	39306,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39316,39318	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	39305	577
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂			1	39299	453
Davidite-(La) ()*	Crichtonite	La(Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH,F)₃₈	288.5	167.9	0		31
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	288.5	167.9	2	39310,39311	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	288.5	167.9	1	39311	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	288.5	167.9	4	39308,39310,39311,39313	8173
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃	288.5	167.9	0		45
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	288.5	167.9	8	39306,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39316,39318	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	288.5	167.9	7	39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39316,39318	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	39303	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	288.5	167.9	7	39304,39305,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	288.5	167.9	2	39311,39318	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	288.5	167.9	6	39304,39305,39310,39311,39315,39318	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	288.5	167.9	1	39311	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	288.5	167.9	1	39310	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	288.5	167.9	1	39311	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	288.5	167.9	1	39310	5800
Mordenite ()*	Mordenite	(Na₂,Ca,K₂)₄(Al₈Si₄₀)O₉₆·28H₂O			1	39299	405
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	288.5	167.9	8	39301,39306,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39318	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	288.5	167.9	1	39311	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	288.5	167.9	8	39306,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39316,39318	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	288.5	167.9	1	39311	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	288.5	167.9	2	39306,39310	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	187.7	175.7	9	39301,39305,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39316,39318	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	288.5	167.9	2	39305,39310	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	39306	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	288.5	167.9	7	39306,39308,39310,39311,39313,39315,39318	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	288.5	167.9	1	39311	1934
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	288.5	167.9	1	39311	586
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	288.5	167.9	1	39315	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	288.5	167.9	1	39311	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	288.5	167.9	2	39306,39311	5317

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002419	179.5	175.7	177.6±1.9	Ar-Ar	Au mineralization realted to Shuiquangou syenite complex	quartz	Quartz	Au	144523	Hougou Mine, Xiaozhangjiakou Gold Field, Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China	Hougou Gold Deposit	Bao et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.02.006	OGR61_107
Kristen002420	177.9	167.9	172.9±5	Ar-Ar	Au mineralization realted to Shuiquangou syenite complex	k-feldspar		Au	144523	Hougou Mine, Xiaozhangjiakou Gold Field, Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China	Hougou Gold Deposit	Bao et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.02.006	OGR61_107
Kristen002421	288.5	287.7	288.1±0.4	Ar-Ar	Au mineralization realted to Shuiquangou syenite complex	k-feldspar		Au	144523	Hougou Mine, Xiaozhangjiakou Gold Field, Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China	Hougou Gold Deposit	Bao et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.02.006	OGR61_107
Kristen002422	188	187.2	187.6±0.4	Ar-Ar	Au mineralization realted to Shuiquangou syenite complex	sericite		Au	144523	Hougou Mine, Xiaozhangjiakou Gold Field, Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China	Hougou Gold Deposit	Bao et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.02.006	OGR61_107
Kristen002423	203.6	201.6	202.6±1	Ar-Ar	Au mineralization realted to Shuiquangou syenite complex	k-feldspar		Au	144523	Hougou Mine, Xiaozhangjiakou Gold Field, Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China	Hougou Gold Deposit	Bao et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.02.006	OGR61_107
Kristen002424	187.7	187.1	187.4±0.3	Ar-Ar	Au mineralization realted to Shuiquangou syenite complex	sericite		Au	156640	Huangtuliang Au Deposit, Zhenningpu, Chicheng Co., Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China	Huangtuliang Gold Deposit	Bao et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.02.006	OGR61_107

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