Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 396

mindat Locality ID: 5373
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5373.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Babaoshan Intrusion
Dahegou Mine
Guanpo
Houyaoyu Pb-Zn Deposit
Jiashapa V Deposit
Quli Fe-Zn-Cu Deposit
Taohua Au Deposit
Wangzhuang Mine
Xiaochigou Au Deposit
Yechangping Mo-W Deposit
Zhanergou Mine

Latitude: 34°0'33"N
Longitude: 110°46'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.009166666667,110.7825

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Humite	Kaolinite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tourmaline	Zircon

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cs Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Analcime Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Humite Kaolinite
Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tourmaline Zircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Bismutotantalite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Coesite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Elbaite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Luanshiweiite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montebrasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Omphacite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Oxynatromicrolite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pollucite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Sanidine ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibiconite ()*	Stibiotantalite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	Trilithionite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	39762,39767	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	400	400	3	39764,39765,39766	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F	400	396	1	39765	244
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	39772	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	39762,39775	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	400	396	1	39765	4286
Bismutotantalite ()*	None	BiTaO₄	400	400	1	39766	23
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	39762,39772,39774	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	400	396	1	39765	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	39761	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂			2	39761,39774	285
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	39772	2600
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂			1	39764	77
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	39761,39774	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	39761,39762,39772	9895
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	400	396	1	39765	520
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	39772	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	400	396	1	39765	2740
Fluorcalciomicrolite ()*	Pyrochlore	(Ca,Na, )₂Ta₂O₆F	400	400	1	39766	13
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	39762	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	39768,39772	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	39761	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	39771,39772	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	39772	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	39762,39772	5591
Luanshiweiite ()*	Mica	KLiAl_1.5(Si_3.5Al_0.5)O₁₀(OH)₂	400	400	1	39766	1
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	39761,39770,39772,39774	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	39768,39774	5800
Montebrasite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)(OH)	400	400	1	39766	200
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	400	400	5	39762,39764,39765,39766,39772	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	39764	229
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	39772	511
Oxynatromicrolite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,U)₂(Ta,Nb)₂O₆(O,F)	400	400	1	39766	1
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	39774	2273
Pollucite ()*	Analcime	Cs(Si₂Al)O₆·nH₂O	400	400	1	39766	140
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	400	396	7	39761,39762,39765,39767,39771,39772,39774	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	39772	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	400	400	7	39762,39764,39765,39766,39771,39772,39774	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	39772	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	39764	5614
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	39760	598
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	39774	4894
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	400	396	0		241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	39768,39772	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	400	400	2	39765,39766	688
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)			1	39762	446
Stibiotantalite ()*	None	Sb³⁺TaO₄	400	396	1	39765	53
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			4	39762,39767,39772,39775	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	39774	3337
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆	400	400	2	39765,39766	211
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39774	2562
Trilithionite ()*	Mica	KLi_1.5Al_1.5(Si₃Al)O₁₀F₂	400	400	1	39766	28
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	39772	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	400	396	1	39765	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	39764	1025

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
	Alexandra-0102	396	396	396	K-Ar	Age of intrusion		whole rock							64732	Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China	Guanpo deposite	Li et al. (2015)	10.1111/1755-6724.12453	AGS89_656
	Grew_Li_2019_0060	400	400	400									Luanshiweiite		240987	Pegmatite Vein No. 309, Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China	No. 309 pegmatite vein, Guanpo, Lushi county, Henan Province, China	Lu et al. (2010); Wang et al. (2011)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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