Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Fanshi Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2518
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2496

mindat Locality ID: 193252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fanshi Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Puzigou Phosphate Deposit
Santiaoling Au Deposit
Xinzhuang Au Deposit
Yangchaoping Fe Deposit
Yangyan River Valley
Yixingzhai Au-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 39°15'40"N
Longitude: 113°32'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.261111111111,113.53861111111

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Tetrahedrite Zircon

42 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	43242	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	43237,43242	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	43242	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	43237,43239	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	43239,43242	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	43239	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	43242	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	43239	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			5	43235,43237,43239,43240,43242	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			2	43239,43242	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	43235,43237,43239,43240,43241,43242	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	43242	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			2	43239,43242	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43237	327
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	43242	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	43242	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	43237,43240,43242	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	43237,43239,43242	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	43235,43239,43240,43242	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2518	2496	5	43235,43236,43239,43240,43242	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	43237,43240,43242	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	43242	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	43239,43242	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	43237,43240,43242	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	43237,43239	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	43242	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	43241,43242	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	43237,43239,43242	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	43242	511
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	43239	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	43239	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			6	43235,43237,43239,43240,43241,43242	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	43237,43239,43240	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2518	2496	6	43235,43236,43237,43239,43240,43242	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	43239	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	43242	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	43237,43239	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			3	43239,43240,43242	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	43235,43239,43240,43242	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	43242	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	43239,43242	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	43237	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_002	2518	2496	2507±11	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			234383	Xinzhuang Au Deposit, Fanshi Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China	Xinzhuang	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...