Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loei Province, Thailand

Oldest recorded age at locality: 230
Youngest recorded age at locality: 230

mindat Locality ID: 187695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loei Province, Thailand": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bo Hin Khao Deposit (Bua Hin Khoa; Pands)
Phu Chang Deposit
Phu Hin Lek Fai Prospect
Phu Thap Fah Mine
Phu Thong Daeng Prospect

Latitude: 17°24'59"N
Longitude: 101°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 17.416388888889,101.58333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote
Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Andradite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote
Garnet Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrosmalite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

21 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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	115908	1534
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	115905	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	115905,115906	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	230	230	2	115906,115909	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	230	230	5	115905,115906,115907,115908,115909	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	115906	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	115906	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	115906,115908	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	115905,115906	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	230	230	3	115906,115908,115909	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	115905,115906	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	115905	1689
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	230	230	2	115907,115909	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	230	230	2	115907,115909	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	230	230	4	115905,115906,115907,115909	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	230	230	5	115905,115906,115907,115908,115909	39462
Pyrosmalite-(Fe) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Fe²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH)₁₀			1	115908	38
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	115908	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	115906,115908	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	115905	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	115905,115906	21482

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
	PorphCu-00579	230	230	230									Chalcopyrite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	208267	Phu Hin Lek Fai Prospect, Loei Province, Thailand	Phu Hin Lek Fai	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
	PorphCu-00578	230	230	230									Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Pyrite	Cu	208266	Phu Thong Daeng Prospect, Loei Province, Thailand	Phu Thong Daeng	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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