Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hengnan Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 75
Youngest recorded age at locality: 75

mindat Locality ID: 195083
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195083.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hengnan Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chejiang Cu Deposit
Chuankou W Ore Field
Shuangjiangkou Mine

Latitude: 26°52'0"N
Longitude: 112°43'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.866666666667,112.72055555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Tungstite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstite ()*

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 As Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Tungstite

24 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	40315,40316	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	40315	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	40315	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	40315	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	40315	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	40315	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	40315	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	40315,40316	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	40316	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	40315	7437
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	75	75	1	40312	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	40315,40316	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	40315	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	40315	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	40315	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	40315	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	40315	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	40315	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			2	40315,40316	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	40315,40316	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	40315	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	40316	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	40315	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O			1	40315	118

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
	sedcu-00356	75	75	Cretaceous										Cu	157353	Chejiang Cu Deposit, Hengnan Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	CheJiang	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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