Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 216325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Langyashan Cu-Au Deposit (Lanyashan Cu-Au Deposit)

Latitude: 32°17'8"N
Longitude: 118°17'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.285555555556,118.29166666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Co Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

20 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	201	66	1	36973	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	201	66	1	36973	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	201	66	1	36973	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	201	66	1	36973	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	66	1	36973	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	66	1	36973	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	66	1	36973	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	66	1	36973	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	201	66	1	36973	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	201	66	1	36973	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201	66	1	36973	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	201	66	1	36973	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	201	66	1	36973	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	201	66	1	36973	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	201	66	1	36973	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	66	1	36973	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201	66	1	36973	9056
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	201	66	1	36973	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	201	66	1	36973	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	66	1	36973	21482

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
	Chen2007tbl01-45	201	66	Jurassic–Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		145314	Langyashan Cu-Au Deposit (Lanyashan Cu-Au Deposit), Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui, China	Langyeshan, Chuxian, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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