Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Baofengyuan U Deposit (Baoyan U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 580
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 225821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baofengyuan U Deposit (Baoyan U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amorphous	Autunite	Calcite	Corundum	Fluorite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Sphalerite
Zircon

Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bassetite ()*	Calcite ()*	Coffinite ()*
Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Uranospathite ()*	Zeunerite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O P S Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H O P S Si U V Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Autunite Calcite Corundum Fluorite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Sphalerite
Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	25	25	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	580	25	5509
Bassetite ()*	None	Fe²⁺(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂(H₂O)₁₀	25	25	51
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	580	25	27770
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	25	25	566
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	580	25	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	580	25	12537
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	580	25	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	580	25	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	580	25	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	25	25	1059
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	25	25	628
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	25	25	2718
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	25	25	89
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	25	25	890
Uranospathite ()*	None	(Al, )(UO₂)₂F(PO₄)₂·20H₂O	25	25	20
Zeunerite ()*	Autunite	Cu(UO₂)₂(AsO₄)₂·12H₂O	25	25	185

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000932	The BaoyanU deposit is one of many Leaching-accumulation type U deposits in Southern China.
Giersdorf_00000933	The BaoyanU deposit is one of many Leaching-accumulation type U deposits in Southern China.

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
	Giersdorf_00000932	580	580	580		wall rock age									225821	Baofengyuan U Deposit (Baoyan U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China	Baoyan U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	Relative Geological Age applied to the wall rock
	Giersdorf_00000933	25	25	25	U-Pb	mineralization age		uraninite				Uraninite	Uraninite	U	225821	Baofengyuan U Deposit (Baoyan U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China	Baoyan U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality

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