Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Huancui District, Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 229420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huancui District, Weihai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fanjiabu Au Deposit (Fanjiafu Au Deposit)
Huangbutun Au Deposit

Latitude: 37°24'4"N
Longitude: 122°3'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.401111111111,122.06333333333

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Feldspar	Melonite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Feldspar Melonite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel

14 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	1	42813	8803
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	214	210	1	42813	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	214	210	1	42813	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	214	210	1	42813	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	214	210	1	42813	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	214	210	1	42813	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	214	210	1	42813	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	214	210	1	42813	14899
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	214	210	1	42813	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	214	210	1	42813	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	214	210	1	42813	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	214	210	1	42813	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	214	210	1	42813	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	214	210	1	42813	21482

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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