Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niujiaotang Cd-Zn Deposit, Duyun Co., Qiannan, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 52711
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52711.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niujiaotang Cd-Zn Deposit, Duyun Co., Qiannan, Guizhou, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°14'8"N
Longitude: 107°39'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.235555555556,107.66527777778

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Copper	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Stibnite	Wurtzite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*
Hawleyite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Monteponite ()*	Otavite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zincite ()*

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 Cd Fe H Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Copper Marcasite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Stibnite Wurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	541	521	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	521	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	521	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	541	521	717
Hawleyite ()*	Sphalerite	CdS	541	521	62
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	541	521	1689
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	521	5674
Monteponite ()*	None	CdO	541	521	5
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)	541	521	25
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	521	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	541	521	712
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	541	521	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	541	521	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	541	521	3418
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	541	521	372
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO	541	521	98

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
	sedexmvt-00104	541	521	Early Cambrian		host rock age									52711	Niujiaotang Cd-Zn Deposit, Duyun Co., Qiannan, Guizhou, China	Niujiaotang	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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