Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baoshanxi Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan West Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit), Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 231307
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231307.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baoshanxi Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan West Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit), Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Acanthite	Calcite	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	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 As C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As C Ca Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite None Pyrite Rocksalt Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	162	66	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	162	66	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	162	66	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	162	66	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	162	66	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482

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
	Chen2007tbl01-08	145	66	Cretaceous							Yes		Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum		157415	Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Baoshan, Guiyang, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	MD43_375-00005	162	158	160±2							Yes				157415	Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Baoshan	Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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