Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Fengtou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit (Fentou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 156
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 186919
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186919.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fengtou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit (Fentou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°59'30"N
Longitude: 115°0'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.991666666667,115.00138888889

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wollastonite

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Sphalerite Spinel Wollastonite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	156	66	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	156	66	4135
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	156	66	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	156	66	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	156	66	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	156	66	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	156	139	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	156	66	1247

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
	Chen2007tbl01-22	145	66	Cretaceous									Chalcopyrite, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Electrum		186919	Fengtou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit (Fentou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Fentou, Daye, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	Emily000554	156	139											Au, Ag, Cu, Fe	186919	Fengtou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit (Fentou Cu-Fe-Au Deposit), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Fengtou	Zhao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00008-6	OGR14_227

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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