Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xiangzikou Fe-S-(Au) Deposit, Echeng District, Ezhou, Hubei, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 187010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangzikou Fe-S-(Au) Deposit, Echeng District, Ezhou, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°15'16"N
Longitude: 114°58'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.254444444444,114.97916666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Bornite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Malachite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	3846
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482

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
	Chen2007tbl01-29	145	66	Cretaceous									Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Electrum		187010	Xiangzikou Fe-S-(Au) Deposit, Echeng District, Ezhou, Hubei, China	Xiangzikou, Ezhou, Hubei	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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