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:
Zhijin Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 495

mindat Locality ID: 216542
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216542.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhijin Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Xinhua P-REE Deposit

Latitude: 26°41'59"N
Longitude: 105°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.699722222222,105.75

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Fluorite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
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: Al Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Fluorite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Sphalerite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Variscite ()*

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	541	521	1	38728	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	521	1	38728	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	1	38728	27770
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂	541	521	1	38728	94
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	521	1	38728	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	541	521	1	38728	2740
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	521	1	38728	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	1	38728	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	521	1	38728	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	1	38728	21482
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	541	521	1	38728	301

2 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
	ree-00314	541	495	Cambrian											216542	Zhijin Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China	Zhijin	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
	ree-00313	541	521	Early Cambrian											157955	Xinhua P-REE Deposit, Zhijin Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China	Xinhua	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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