Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 195066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yinan Mine

Latitude: 35°35'38"N
Longitude: 118°26'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.593888888889,118.44111111111

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	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Melonite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite

27 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	145	66	1	43054	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	43052	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	43052	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1	43053	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	1	43052	1588
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	43052	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	43053	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	145	66	1	43052	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	2	43053,43054	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	2	43052,43053	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	43052,43053	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	1	43052	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	2	43052,43053	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	1	43054	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	1	43052	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	1	43053	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	43052	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	1	43052	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	1	43052	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	43053	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	1	43052	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	43052	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	43053,43054	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	1	43054	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	1	43054	5186
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	66	1	43052	1803
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	145	66	1	43052	1395

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
	Chen2007tbl01-48	145	66	Cretaceous									Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Magnetite, Pyrite		26688	Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China	Yinan, , Shandong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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