Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hualien Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 25
Youngest recorded age at locality: 18

mindat Locality ID: 20190
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20190.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hualien Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Chochi
Chuo-hsi (Jhuosi; Juisui)
Fengtien Nephrite Belt
Juishuei
Pingfengshan Gold Mine
Pinglin
Taroko Gorge
Wanjung (Wan-Lon)

Latitude: 23°49'29"N
Longitude: 121°24'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.824722222222,121.40305555556

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Brochantite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brochantite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Paragonite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*
Rutile ()*	Sanidine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uvarovite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Brochantite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Titanite Vesuvianite

50 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	115447,115450,115452,115457	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	115450	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	115452	2353
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	115459	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			2	115452,115453	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	115450,115459	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	115450	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	115453	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	25	18	1	115449	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	25	18	1	115449	1633
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	115450	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	25	18	5	115447,115449,115450,115453,115457	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	25	18	1	115449	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	25	18	2	115449,115450	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	115450,115457	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	115450,115459	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			3	115450,115457,115459	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	115450,115457	1025
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	115450,115457,115459	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	115450	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	25	18	2	115449,115450	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	25	18	1	115449	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	25	18	2	115449,115453	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			4	115447,115450,115453,115456	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	115450,115459	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	25	18	1	115449	6890
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄			1	115450	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	115450	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	115450	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	115450	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			5	115447,115450,115452,115457,115459	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	25	18	1	115449	12537
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	25	18	1	115449	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	25	18	4	115449,115450,115452,115453	17380
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	115452	247
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	25	18	5	115447,115449,115450,115452,115453	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	115452	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	115450,115453	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	25	18	5	115447,115449,115450,115453,115457	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	115457	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	115453	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	115450	598
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	25	18	1	115449	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			3	115447,115450,115456	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	25	18	1	115449	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	115450	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	115450,115452,115459	2562
Uvarovite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Cr₂(SiO₄)₃			1	115450	212
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	115450,115459	1395
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	115450	1025

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
	PorphCu-00201	25	18	25–18									Bornite, Brochantite, Calcite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Gypsum, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tenorite	Cu	158696	Chimei Cu-Au Deposit (Quimei), Chuo-hsi (Jhuosi; Juisui), Hualien Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan	Chimei	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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