Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wutatsun, Nanao, Yilan Co. (Ilan Co.), Taiwan Province, Taiwan

Oldest recorded age at locality: 83
Youngest recorded age at locality: 83

mindat Locality ID: 278180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-278180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wutatsun, Nanao, Yilan Co. (Ilan Co.), Taiwan Province, Taiwan": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Tungshan Deposit (Futai Deposit)

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tourmaline

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tourmaline

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	83	83	1	115505	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	83	83	1	115505	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	83	83	1	115505	1756
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	83	83	1	115505	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	83	83	1	115505	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	83	83	1	115505	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	83	83	1	115505	2812
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	83	83	1	115505	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	83	83	1	115505	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	83	83	1	115505	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	83	83	1	115505	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	83	83	1	115505	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	83	83	1	115505	21482

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_044	83	83	83	Ar/Ar			muscovite			Yes	Muscovite			158701	Nanao, Yilan Co. (Ilan Co.), Taiwan Province, Taiwan	[Tananao Schist]	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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