Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cunqian Au-Cu Deposit, Shanggao Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 187000
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187000.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cunqian Au-Cu Deposit, Shanggao Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°27'0"N
Longitude: 115°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.45,115.16666666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Franklinite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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: Al As Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	66	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	66	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	145	66	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	66	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	9617
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	17380
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	145	66	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	66	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	2562

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
	Chen2007tbl01-13	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite		187000	Cunqian Au-Cu Deposit, Shanggao Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, China	Cunqian, Gao’an, Jiangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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