Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shaoxing Co., Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 186598
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186598.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shaoxing Co., Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pingshui
Xiqiu Cu-Zn Deposit (Zigiu Cu-Zn Deposit)

Latitude: 29°56'0"N
Longitude: 120°33'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.933333333333,120.56222222222

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

25 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			1	45474	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	889	889	1	45475	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	889	889	1	45475	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	889	889	2	45470,45475	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	45473	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	889	889	2	45474,45475	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	889	889	1	45475	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	889	889	4	45468,45473,45474,45475	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	889	889	2	45474,45475	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	889	889	1	45475	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	889	889	1	45475	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	889	889	2	45468,45475	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	45468,45472,45473,45474	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	889	889	1	45475	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	45470	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	889	889	1	45475	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	889	889	1	45475	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	889	889	7	45468,45470,45471,45472,45473,45474,45475	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	889	889	6	45468,45470,45471,45473,45474,45475	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	45470	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	45473	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	889	889	6	45468,45471,45472,45473,45474,45475	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	45474	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	889	889	3	45473,45474,45475	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	45473	5317

1 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
	vms-00420	889	889	Neoproterozoic (976.4-802.3)										S	145237	Xiqiu Cu-Zn Deposit (Zigiu Cu-Zn Deposit), Shaoxing Co., Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China	Xiqiu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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