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:
Zhimafang, Donghai Co., Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 224
Youngest recorded age at locality: 218

mindat Locality ID: 230416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhimafang, Donghai Co., Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
CCSD-PP1 Drill Hole
Diamond Occurrence
Garnetite Outcrop

Latitude: 34°27'15"N
Longitude: 118°48'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.454166666667,118.81611111111

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Calcite	Chloritoid	Clay	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote
Garnet	Humite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Rutile	Sapphirine	Staurolite

Chondrodite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diamond ()*	Diaspore ()*
Diopside ()*	Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Edenite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Margarite ()*
Pargasite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Rutile ()*
Sapphirine ()*	Strontianite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Ce F Fe H K Li Mg Na Ni O S Si Sr Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Aragonite Calcite Chloritoid Clay Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote
Garnet Humite Mica None Olivine Pentlandite Pyroxene Rutile Sapphirine Staurolite

23 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
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	224	218	1	41184	285
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	224	218	1	41184	236
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	224	218	1	41186	1797
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	41185	697
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	224	218	1	41186	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	224	218	1	41186	4135
Dissakisite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Mg)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	224	218	1	41186	11
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	224	218	1	41186	160
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	224	218	1	41186	1188
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	224	218	1	41186	205
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	224	218	1	41186	238
Magnesiochloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	MgAl₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	224	218	1	41186	12
Magnesiostaurolite ()*	Staurolite	Mg(Mg,Li)₃(Al,Mg)₁₈Si₈O₄₄(OH)₄	224	218	1	41186	7
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	224	218	1	41184	1487
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	224	218	1	41186	168
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	224	218	1	41186	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	224	218	1	41186	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	224	218	2	41184,41186	2273
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	224	218	2	41185,41186	341
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	224	218	1	41186	5614
Sapphirine ()*	Sapphirine	Mg₄(Mg₃Al₉)O₄[Si₃Al₉O₃₆]	224	218	1	41186	129
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	224	218	1	41186	589
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	224	218	1	41186	1025

2 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
	Alexandra-0161	224	218	221 ± 3	U-Pb	Age of subduction-zone UHP metamorphism		zircon	C24			Zircon			30679	Garnetite Outcrop, Zhimafang, Donghai Co., Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China	Zhimafang	Zhang et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.epsl.2005.07.003	EPSL237_729	From 152 m
	Alexandra-0162	222	218	220 ± 2	U-Pb	Age of subduction-zone UHP metamorphism		zircon	C50			Zircon			30679	Garnetite Outcrop, Zhimafang, Donghai Co., Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China	Zhimafang	Zhang et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.epsl.2005.07.003	EPSL237_729	From 223 m

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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