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:
Mashan District, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 155
Youngest recorded age at locality: 155

mindat Locality ID: 216616
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216616.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mashan District, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Sandaogou Mine

Latitude: 45°10'29"N
Longitude: 130°30'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.174722222222,130.51222222222

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.

Corundum	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile

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 C Fe O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rutile

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*

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
Graphite ()*	None	C	155	155	1	39464	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	155	155	1	39464	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	155	155	1	39464	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	155	155	1	39464	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	155	155	1	39464	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	155	155	1	39464	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	155	155	1	39464	1516

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000778	MAGMATIC STYLE: 10 m2 of carbonatite lie between syenite and basalt in a 93 km2 elliptical complex; said to be ‘metasomatic’. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Basic, intermediate and acid rocks.

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
	Jen_0000778	155	155	155	K-Ar			biotite							216616	Mashan District, Jixi, Heilongjiang, China	Mashan	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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