Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xiangfen Co., Linfen, Shanxi, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 193247
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193247.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangfen Co., Linfen, Shanxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dongfengding Au Deposit
Sijiawan Mine
Taershan Iron Mine

Latitude: 35°52'38"N
Longitude: 111°39'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.877222222222,111.65

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

25 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	43174	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	43174	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	43174	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	43174	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	43174	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	43174,43175	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	43174	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	43174	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	43176	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	43176	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	1	43175	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	1	43175	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	43174	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	43174	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	43174	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	43174	2228
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	43174	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	3	43174,43175,43176	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	43174	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	2	43174,43175	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	43176	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	43174,43175	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	43174	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	43174	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	1	43175	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
	Chen2007tbl01-53	145	66	Cretaceous									Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		187028	Sijiawan Mine, Xiangfen Co., Linfen, Shanxi, China	Sijiawan, Xiangfen, Shanxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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