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:
Songshujiao Mine, Songshujiao Ore Field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 243971
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243971.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Songshujiao Mine, Songshujiao Ore Field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, 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	Copper	Garnet	None	Polybasite	Tetrahedrite

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 Ca Cu Fe O S Sb Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Ca Cu Fe O S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Copper Garnet None Polybasite Tetrahedrite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Andradite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Hessite ()*	Polybasite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	145	66	2793
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1534
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	83.4	83.4	663
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	804
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	83.4	83.4	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	145	66	1425
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	5186
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	145	66	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	83.4	83.4	5317

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
	Kristen002010	83.4	83.4	83.4		mineralization age					Yes			Sn, Cu	31920	Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China	Gejiu	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	Chen2007tbl01-02	145	66	Cretaceous?							Yes		Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum		186995	Jixinnao Au-Cu Deposit, Kafang Ore Field (Kafang Mine), Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China	Jixinnao, Gejiu, Yunnan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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