Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yuanzhou District, Yichun, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 131
Youngest recorded age at locality: 131

mindat Locality ID: 230302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuanzhou District, Yichun, Jiangxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cihua Sr Deposit
Hejiaping Mine
Wubaoshan Co Deposit
Wucun Au Deposit
Yichun Complex (Yashan Batholith)

Latitude: 27°37'0"N
Longitude: 114°28'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.616666666667,114.46722222222

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.

Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Beryllonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Triplite
Vesuvianite	Vivianite	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 Be Bi C Ca Co Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Beryllonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz Triplite
Vesuvianite Vivianite Zircon

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Beryllonite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brazilianite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*
Cookeite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*
Eucryptite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Herderite ()*	Hydroxylherderite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pollucite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thorite ()*	Titanowodginite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Wodginite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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)	131	131	2	41677,41682	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	131	131	1	41682	244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	41678,41679	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	131	131	1	41682	4286
Beryllonite ()*	Beryllonite	NaBe(PO₄)	131	131	1	41682	47
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	131	131	1	41682	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	41679	5516
Brazilianite ()*	Not in a structural group	NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	131	131	1	41682	59
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	131	131	2	41679,41682	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	131	131	2	41677,41682	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	41676	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	131	131	3	41678,41679,41682	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	41679	2600
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	41678	966
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	131	131	1	41682	289
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈	131	131	1	41682	181
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	131	131	1	41682	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	131	131	3	41678,41679,41682	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	131	131	1	41682	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	41678	814
Eucryptite ()*	Phenakite	LiAlSiO₄	131	131	1	41682	29
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	131	131	1	41682	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	131	131	2	41681,41682	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	131	131	3	41678,41679,41682	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	131	131	2	41677,41682	504
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	41679	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	41679	14640
Herderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)F	131	131	1	41682	20
Hydroxylherderite ()*	Gadolinite	CaBe(PO₄)(OH)	131	131	1	41682	119
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	131	131	1	41682	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	131	131	2	41677,41682	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	41679	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	131	131	1	41682	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	131	131	1	41682	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	131	131	1	41682	200
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	131	131	2	41677,41682	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	131	131	4	41677,41679,41681,41682	17380
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	131	131	1	41682	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	131	131	3	41678,41679,41682	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	131	131	1	41682	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	41678	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	131	131	5	41677,41678,41679,41681,41682	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	131	131	2	41681,41682	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	131	131	1	41682	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	41678	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	131	131	3	41678,41679,41682	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	131	131	1	41682	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	41679	3418
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	131	131	1	41682	211
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	41679	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	131	131	1	41682	1006
Titanowodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺TiTa₂O₈	131	131	1	41682	7
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	131	131	1	41682	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	131	131	1	41682	233
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	131	131	1	41682	1395
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	131	131	1	41682	78
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	131	131	1	41682	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	131	131	1	41682	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	131	131	1	41682	1025

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_103	131	131		—										25352	Yichun Mine (Mine No. 414), Yichun Complex (Yashan Batholith), Yuanzhou District, Yichun, Jiangxi, China	Yichun	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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