Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Anqing, Anhui, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 53867
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-53867.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anqing, Anhui, China": 53
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Huaining Co.
Qianshan Co.
Susong Co.
Taihu Co.
Tongcheng Co.
Yuexi Co.
Zongyang Co.

Latitude: 30°30'39"N
Longitude: 116°24'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.510833333333,116.40972222222

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.

Allanite	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baddeleyite	Baryte
Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diamond	Diaspore
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Turquoise	Vivianite	Wadsleyite	Wavellite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite
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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Autunite Baddeleyite Baryte
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum Covellite Diamond Diaspore
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Millerite Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Turquoise Vivianite Wadsleyite Wavellite Wollastonite Wurtzite
Zircon

109 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*
Almandine ()*	Alunite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*
Coesite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diamond ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*
Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fayalite ()*	Ferro-pargasite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jadeite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Marialite ()*	Metatorbernite ()*	Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Moissanite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Omphacite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Preiswerkite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Silicon ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*
Turquoise ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wadsleyite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆			1	36910	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	36896	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	13	36883,36886,36888,36896,36903,36909,36910,36915,36921,36922,36923,36925,36926	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	36916	706
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			4	36896,36903,36909,36913	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	36927	966
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	145	66	1	36886	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	2	36883,36886	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	2	36883,36886	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			4	36903,36922,36925,36926	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	36916	1036
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	36896	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	36881	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	36917	2060
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	36925	1272
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	36893	238
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			3	36896,36903,36909	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	36881,36922,36925,36927,36930	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	36883	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	145	66	1	36883	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5	36883,36886,36888,36927,36930	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	16	36881,36883,36886,36888,36896,36903,36904,36912,36914,36916,36917,36922,36925,36926,36927,36930	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	3	36881,36886,36888	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	12	36881,36883,36886,36888,36889,36916,36919,36922,36925,36927,36930,36932	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	36894	3902
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	36909	94
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	36894	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	36903,36909	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			2	36922,36925	966
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂			9	36892,36896,36902,36904,36909,36910,36912,36916,36917	77
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			3	36922,36925,36926	566
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	2	36888,36927	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	2	36881,36886	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36903	327
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			5	36893,36896,36897,36916,36917	697
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	36881	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	9	36883,36886,36894,36896,36903,36909,36916,36917,36918	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	12	36881,36883,36886,36888,36896,36900,36914,36916,36917,36922,36925,36926	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36903	160
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	36909	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	13	36881,36883,36886,36888,36896,36903,36904,36909,36912,36913,36914,36916,36917	8173
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	36894	371
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36903	54
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			4	36922,36925,36926,36927	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	145	66	4	36883,36894,36909,36914	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	6	36883,36886,36922,36925,36930,36932	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36903	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	2	36886,36890	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36930	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	36900	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	36912,36917	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	36883	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	145	66	1	36883	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	11	36881,36883,36886,36888,36921,36922,36923,36925,36926,36927,36930	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			4	36896,36903,36909,36912	5433
Jadeite ()*	Pyroxene	NaAlSi₂O₆			4	36896,36910,36913,36917	154
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	36881	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	11	36881,36883,36886,36888,36921,36922,36923,36925,36926,36927,36930	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			7	36896,36903,36904,36909,36913,36915,36929	1507
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	36886	229
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	36903,36916	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	8	36881,36883,36886,36888,36894,36910,36916,36925	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	6	36881,36883,36886,36927,36930,36932	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	2	36883,36918	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	145	66	1	36883	139
Metatorbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	36925	443
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	36909,36913	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	36925	1066
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC			1	36893	57
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	144.3	132.4	5	36883,36886,36888,36922,36925	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	36894	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	17	36881,36883,36886,36888,36896,36903,36904,36909,36913,36916,36917,36918,36922,36925,36926,36927,36930	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			2	36922,36925	633
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			9	36894,36896,36903,36904,36906,36907,36909,36912,36917	229
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	36881	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	2	36883,36896	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	36903	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	36903	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	66	5	36883,36886,36896,36914,36916	2273
Preiswerkite ()*	Mica	NaAlMg₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	36910	14
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	16	36881,36883,36884,36886,36888,36890,36904,36916,36917,36921,36922,36923,36925,36926,36927,36930	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	36894,36909	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	36883	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	3	36883,36886,36918	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	25	36881,36883,36884,36886,36888,36889,36896,36903,36904,36906,36907,36909,36910,36912,36913,36916,36917,36919,36921,36922,36923,36925,36926,36927,36930	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			12	36894,36895,36896,36903,36904,36906,36907,36909,36910,36912,36916,36917	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	2	36889,36930	6417
Silicon ()*	Diamond	Si			1	36893	21
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	36881	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	36881	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	145	66	2	36886,36925	531
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	36896	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	7	36881,36883,36886,36922,36925,36930,36932	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	145	66	1	36886	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	4	36883,36896,36903,36909	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	36883	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	66	7	36883,36886,36896,36902,36912,36916,36917	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	7	36883,36886,36903,36909,36915,36916,36918	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			2	36903,36916	73
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	36918	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			5	36921,36922,36923,36925,36926	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	36925	890
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	36918	636
Wadsleyite ()*	Wadsleyite	Mg₂SiO₄			1	36894	13
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	36918	374
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	2	36883,36886	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			5	36881,36894,36896,36909,36916	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	8	36883,36886,36896,36903,36904,36909,36916,36917	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Michelle_0001	138.1	134.1	136.1±2.0	Os-Os	Age of vein mineralization	molybdenite	YS-4	Molybdenite	Bornite, Chalcopyrite	Cu, Mo	107602	Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Yueshan Cu-Mo vein	Sun et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.175	EG98_175	Fig. 2A, Fig. 3A
Chen2007tbl01-32	145	66	Cretaceous						Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing, Huaining, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Mo-00321	137	132.4	134.7±2.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-1	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00322	139.4	136.4	137.9±1.5	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-1	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00323	144.3	140.9	142.6±1.7	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-2	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00324	139.6	135.2	137.4±2.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-2	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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