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:
Linxiang Co., Yueyang, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 106
Youngest recorded age at locality: 106

mindat Locality ID: 216724
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216724.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Linxiang Co., Yueyang, Hunan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Taolin Mine

Latitude: 29°19'59"N
Longitude: 113°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.333055555556,113.5

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	106	106	1	40578	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	106	106	1	40578	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	106	106	1	40578	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	106	106	1	40578	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	106	106	1	40578	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	106	106	1	40578	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	106	106	1	40578	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	106	106	1	40578	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	106	106	1	40578	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	106	106	1	40578	21482

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
	Kristen002019	106	106	106		mineralization age								Pb, Zn, Cu	711	Taolin Mine, Linxiang Co., Yueyang, Hunan, China	Taolin	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050005	Taolin Mine, Linxiang Co., Yueyang, Hunan, China	https://rruff.info/R050005

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