Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yuanzhuding Cu-Mo Deposit, Fengkai Co., Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 155
Youngest recorded age at locality: 155

mindat Locality ID: 229204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuanzhuding Cu-Mo Deposit, Fengkai Co., Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°48'21"N
Longitude: 111°41'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.805833333333,111.68888888889

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	155	155	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	155	155	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	155	155	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	155	155	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	155	155	8173
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	155	155	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	155	155	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	155	155	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	155	155	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	155	155	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	155	155	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	155	155	5614
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	155	155	5317

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
	Kristen002004	155	155	155		mineralization age								Cu, Mo	229204	Yuanzhuding Cu-Mo Deposit, Fengkai Co., Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China	Yuanzhuding	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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