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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:
Xialu District, Huangshi, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 216663
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216663.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xialu District, Huangshi, Hubei, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Xiaojiapu Au Deposit
Xiaojiapu Wollastonite Mine

Latitude: 30°12'32"N
Longitude: 115°0'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.208888888889,115.00388888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mo O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMalachiteMolybdeniteNonePyrite
SphaleriteSpinelWollastonite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4145661399375516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S145661399375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21456613993727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu145661399373846
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661399378173
Gold  (*)CopperAu1456613993730554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31456613993714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41456613993714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21456613993712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2145661399375800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21456613993739462
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)145661399376417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1456613993721482
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31399381247



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Chen2007tbl01-2814566Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite, Electrum 187008Xiaojiapu Au Deposit, Xialu District, Huangshi, Hubei, ChinaXiaojiapu, Huangshi, HubeiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


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