Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 309

mindat Locality ID: 195072
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195072.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Dayinchang Pb-Zn Deposit
Faqing Pb-Zn Deposit
Huidong Cu-Au Deposit
Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit)
Huidong Mn-Co Deposit
Longshu Pb-Zn Deposit
Shuimofang Pb-Zn-P Deposit
Xiaojie Au-Cu Deposit
Xintian Au Deposit
Yanba

Latitude: 26°35'30"N
Longitude: 102°48'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.591666666667,102.80833333333

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Willemite ()*
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 C Ca Cd Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

46 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	1000	309	2	43480,43485	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	309	2	43480,43485	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1000	309	2	43477,43480	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	43485	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1000	309	3	43479,43480,43484	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1000	309	2	43480,43485	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1000	309	2	43477,43480	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	43477,43485	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	309	4	43477,43480,43484,43485	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1000	309	1	43480	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1000	309	3	43477,43478,43480	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1000	309	1	43480	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	309	6	43477,43479,43480,43482,43484,43485	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1000	309	1	43480	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	309	2	43478,43480	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1000	309	2	43477,43480	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	439	309	5	43477,43478,43480,43481,43482	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			3	43479,43484,43485	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1000	309	1	43480	2812
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1000	309	1	43480	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	43485	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1000	309	2	43477,43480	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1000	309	2	43477,43480	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1000	309	1	43480	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1000	309	1	43480	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1000	309	1	43480	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1000	309	3	43477,43480,43485	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1000	309	2	43480,43481	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	43481	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	309	2	43480,43485	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1000	309	1	43480	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	309	7	43477,43479,43480,43481,43482,43484,43485	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1000	309	1	43480	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	309	5	43477,43479,43480,43484,43485	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	43481	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1000	309	3	43480,43484,43485	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄			1	43481	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	43484	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1000	309	2	43477,43480	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	366	366	5	43477,43478,43480,43481,43482	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			1	43485	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	43485	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1000	309	2	43480,43484	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43485	2562
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1000	309	1	43480	303
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1000	309	1	43480	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
EG86_831_0001	439	309	374 ± 65	Pb-Pb	mineralization	galena	Galena	146946	Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Daliangzi deposit	Zheng (1991)	EG86_831
EG86_831_0002	366	366	366	Rb-Sr	mineralization	sphalerite	Sphalerite	146946	Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Daliangzi deposit	Zheng (1991)	EG86_831
sedexmvt-00090	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age			146946	Huidong Lead-zinc Mine (Daliangzi Pb-Zn Deposit), Huidong Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Daliangzi	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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