Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 189083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Shengmikeng Pb-Zn Deposit
U Deposit No. 34
Xiawangjia Cu-polymetallic Deposit
Yongping

Latitude: 28°12'36"N
Longitude: 117°45'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.21,117.76444444444

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Wavellite
Zircon

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 As B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Wavellite
Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Churchite-(Y) ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coronadite ()*
Datolite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Variscite ()*	Wavellite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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	41632	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	41632	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41631	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	156	156	1	41637	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	156	156	1	41637	1588
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	156	156	1	41637	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	2	41632,41636	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	156	156	2	41632,41637	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	156	66	2	41636,41637	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	41632	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	156	156	3	41631,41632,41637	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	156	66	4	41631,41632,41636,41637	27198
Churchite-(Y) ()*	Gypsum	Y(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	41632	70
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	156	156	1	41637	1756
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	156	156	1	41635	227
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	156	156	1	41637	498
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	41632	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	156	156	1	41637	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	156	66	4	41631,41632,41636,41637	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	156	156	2	41632,41637	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	156	66	4	41631,41632,41636,41637	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	41632	7437
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	156	156	1	41637	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	156	156	3	41631,41632,41637	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	41632	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	41632	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	156	156	3	41631,41632,41637	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	156	156	2	41632,41637	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	41632	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	156	156	1	41637	176
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂			1	41632	300
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	156	156	2	41632,41637	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	156	66	4	41631,41632,41636,41637	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	41632	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	41632	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	156	66	4	41631,41632,41636,41637	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	156	156	2	41631,41637	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	156	156	3	41631,41632,41637	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	41631	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	41632	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	156	156	1	41637	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	41631,41632	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	41632	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	156	66	4	41631,41632,41636,41637	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	41632	1934
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	41632	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	41636	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	41632	1006
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	41632	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	41632	2718
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	41632	301
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	41632	374
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	41632	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	41632	5251

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
	Kristen002003	156	156	156		mineralization age								Cu	230308	Yongping, Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, China	Yongping	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	Chen2007tbl01-11	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite		186999	Tianpaishan Mine, Yongping, Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, China	Tianpaishan, Qianshan, Jiangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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