Mineral Evolution Database
Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.
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:
Jinchanggouliang-Erdaogou Ore Field, Beipiao Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China


mindat Locality ID: 230971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinchanggouliang-Erdaogou Ore Field, Beipiao Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Erdaogou Mine
Xiaochanggao Au Deposit

Latitude: 41°56'49"N
Longitude: 120°20'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.946944444444,120.345
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteFluoriteKaolinite
MalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
Tetrahedrite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS241929,419309052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21419295509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)241929,4193027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2241929,4193027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1419294165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1419298173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21419299617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS241929,4193024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu241929,4193030554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41419295591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214192912537
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1419291508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2241929,4193017380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3141929733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31419291425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2241929,4193039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81419299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2241929,4193061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS241929,4193021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13241929,419305317


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...

Other copyright data...