Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 305
Youngest recorded age at locality: 225

mindat Locality ID: 216652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bingdongshan Pb-Zn Deposit (Bindongshan Pb-Zn Deposit)
Guanmenshan Cu Deposit
Huajiaoshuping Zn-Pb Deposit
Shaxiongdong Carbonatite

Latitude: 31°49'59"N
Longitude: 110°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.833055555556,110.33305555556

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.

Baryte	Burbankite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Aegirine ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Burbankite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Burbankite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite Covellite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

17 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
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	305	225	1	39973	1022
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	39971	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	39970,39971	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	39971	5516
Burbankite ()*	Burbankite	(Na,Ca)₃(Sr,Ba,Ce)₃(CO₃)₅	305	225	1	39973	52
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	39971	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	305	225	1	39973	232
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	39971	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	39971	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	39971	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	39970,39971	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	39970,39971,39972	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	305	225	1	39973	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	39971	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	305	225	4	39970,39971,39972,39973	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	39971	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	39970,39971,39972	21482

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000816	MAGMATIC STYLE: Lenticular body of 750x230 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diorite/gabbro and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.
Jen_0000817	MAGMATIC STYLE: Lenticular body of 750x230 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diorite/gabbro and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.
Jen_0000818	MAGMATIC STYLE: Lenticular body of 750x230 m. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diorite/gabbro and nepheline and cancrinite syenites.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000816	265	265	265			225255	Shaxiongdong Carbonatite, Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei, China	Shaxiongdong	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000817	305	225	225-305	K-Ar	biotite	225255	Shaxiongdong Carbonatite, Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei, China	Shaxiongdong	Yang and Woolley (2006)		JAES27_559
Jen_0000818	305	225	225-305	Rb-Sr	biotite, apatite, whole rock	225255	Shaxiongdong Carbonatite, Shennongjia Forest District, Hubei, China	Shaxiongdong	Yang and Woolley (2006)		JAES27_559

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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