Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Rushan Ore Field, Rushan Co., Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 214
Youngest recorded age at locality: 210

mindat Locality ID: 228701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rushan Ore Field, Rushan Co., Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jinqingding Au Deposit
Rushan Au Deposit

Latitude: 37°5'5"N
Longitude: 121°41'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.084722222222,121.68611111111

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Titanite Zircon

35 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	214	210	2	42830,42831	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	214	210	2	42830,42831	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	214	210	1	42830	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	214	210	1	42830	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	214	210	1	42830	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	214	210	1	42830	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	214	210	1	42830	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	214	210	2	42830,42831	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	214	210	2	42830,42831	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	214	210	1	42830	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	214	210	2	42830,42831	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	214	210	1	42830	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	214	210	1	42830	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	214	210	2	42830,42831	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	214	210	2	42830,42831	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	214	210	1	42830	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	214	210	2	42830,42831	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	214	210	1	42830	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	214	210	2	42830,42831	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	214	210	1	42830	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	214	210	2	42830,42831	4924
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	214	210	1	42830	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	214	210	2	42830,42831	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	214	210	1	42831	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	214	210	2	42830,42831	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	214	210	2	42830,42831	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	214	210	2	42830,42831	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	214	210	2	42830,42831	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	214	210	2	42830,42831	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	214	210	2	42830,42831	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	214	210	2	42830,42831	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	214	210	2	42830,42831	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	214	210	2	42830,42831	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	214	210	1	42830	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	214	210	1	42830	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_100	214	210	212±2	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			145497	Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Weihai	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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