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:
Xilin District, Yichun, Heilongjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 530
Youngest recorded age at locality: 530

mindat Locality ID: 216626
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216626.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xilin District, Yichun, Heilongjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Daxilin Fe-Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiaoxilin Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 47°28'0"N
Longitude: 129°4'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.466666666667,129.08305555556

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	Garnet	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

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: As C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Garnet Marcasite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	39528	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	530	530	1	39529	9052
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	530	530	1	39529	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	39528	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	530	530	2	39528,39529	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	530	530	2	39528,39529	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	530	530	1	39529	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	530	530	1	39529	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	530	530	1	39529	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	530	530	1	39529	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	530	530	2	39528,39529	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	530	530	1	39529	2562

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
	vms-00419	530	530	Early Cambrian										S	144441	Xiaoxilin Pb-Zn Deposit, Xilin District, Yichun, Heilongjiang, China	Xiaoxilin	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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