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:
Shanhou-Beipo Gold Field, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

mindat Locality ID: 229403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shanhou-Beipo Gold Field, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Beijiang Au Deposit
Jiangjiayao Au Deposit
Xiadian Mine

Latitude: 37°7'21"N
Longitude: 120°19'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.1225,120.32472222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetradymite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetradymite Zircon

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	42988	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	42988	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	42988	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	42988	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	42988	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	42988	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	42986,42987,42988	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42988	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42988	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	42986,42988	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	42986,42987,42988	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	42988	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	42988	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	42988	510
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	42988	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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