Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 178
Youngest recorded age at locality: 170

mindat Locality ID: 225527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Beishan Pb-Zn Deposit
Jiulongshangtian Pb-Zn Deposit
Jiuqu Cu-S-Au Deposit
Nanshan Pb-Ag Deposit
Xianrenjiaban Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit
Xishan Cu-Au Deposit
Yinshan Mine

Latitude: 28°57'59"N
Longitude: 117°34'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.966388888889,117.58305555556

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sartorite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dickite ()*	Digenite ()*
Dufrénoysite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Enargite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Freieslebenite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Variscite ()*
Wittichenite ()*

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Columbite Copper
Corundum Covellite Digenite Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica
Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sartorite Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite

46 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	178	170	1	41597	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	178	170	1	41597	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	178	170	1	41596	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	178	170	1	41596	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	178	170	2	41596,41597	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	178	170	1	41597	843
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	178	170	1	41597	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	178	170	2	41591,41597	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	178	170	1	41597	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	178	170	2	41596,41597	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	178	170	1	41597	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	178	170	1	41596	1027
Dufrénoysite ()*	Sartorite	Pb₂As₂S₅	178	170	1	41597	34
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	178	170	1	41596	246
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	178	170	2	41596,41597	910
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	178	170	1	41596	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	178	170	1	41596	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	178	170	2	41591,41597	663
Freieslebenite ()*	None	AgPbSbS₃	178	170	1	41597	105
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	178	170	2	41596,41597	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	178	170	1	41597	14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	178	170	1	41597	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	178	170	1	41597	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	178	170	1	41591	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	17380
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	178	170	1	41597	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	178	170	1	41597	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	178	170	1	41597	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	178	170	1	41596	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	178	170	2	41596,41597	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	178	170	2	41591,41597	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	178	170	2	41591,41597	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	178	170	1	41597	586
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	178	170	1	41596	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	178	170	2	41596,41597	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	178	170	1	41596	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	178	170	3	41591,41596,41597	5317
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	178	170	1	41597	301
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	178	170	1	41596	297

2 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
	Kristen002001	178	178	178		mineralization age								Cu, Pb, Zn	225527	Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China	Yinshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	Kristen002002	170	170	170		mineralization age								Cu, Pb, Zn	225527	Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China	Yinshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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