Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Mingguang Co. (Jiashan Co.), Chuzhou, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 216818
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216818.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mingguang Co. (Jiashan Co.), Chuzhou, Anhui, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Guanshan Mine
Nushan Complex
Zhangbaling

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Palygorskite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pargasite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Mica None Palygorskite Pyroxene Quartz
Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	36977	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	36976	2060
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	36976	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	36975	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	36977	8173
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36977	286
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	36977	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	36975	1508
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	36975	306
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	36976	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	36976	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	36975	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	36976	1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	36977	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	36977	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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