Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Longyan, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 133
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94.7

mindat Locality ID: 64240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longyan, Fujian, China": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Liancheng Co.
Shanghang Co.
Wuping Co.
Xinluo District
Yongding Co.
Zhangping Co.

Latitude: 25°11'35"N
Longitude: 116°45'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.193055555556,116.76027777778

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Enargite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Germanite	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stannoidite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Vesuvianite
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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Enargite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Germanite Ilvaite Kaolinite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stannoidite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Vesuvianite
Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

101 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*
Alunite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Anilite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Bustamite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chatkalite ()*	Colusite ()*	Coronadite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Cuprite ()*	Deerite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Djurleite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Geerite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hastingsite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hemusite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Johannsenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kiddcreekite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malayaite ()*	Manganite ()*	Mawsonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Opal ()*	Orientite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spionkopite ()*	Stannite ()*
Stannoidite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vernadite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Vinciennite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Yarrowite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zunyite ()*

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	94.7	94.7	1	37296	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	133	133	3	37302,37311,37312	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	94.7	94.7	1	37296	315
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	37277	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	133	133	1	37312	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	105	94.7	6	37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297	966
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	133	133	2	37302,37312	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	37305	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	105	105	2	37289,37291	1588
Anilite ()*	Digenite	Cu₇S₄	105	105	1	37291	88
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	105	94.7	5	37276,37277,37291,37296,37305	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	133	133	2	37302,37312	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	105	94.7	6	37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	37276	483
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	133	133	2	37276,37312	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	133	94.7	6	37276,37277,37296,37298,37302,37312	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	133	133	3	37302,37309,37312	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	37305	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	105	94.7	5	37286,37287,37289,37291,37296	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O			1	37276	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	133	94.7	14	37277,37286,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298,37302,37305,37309,37312	27198
Chatkalite ()*	None	Cu₆FeSn₂S₈	94.7	94.7	1	37296	8
Colusite ()*	Sphalerite Germanite	Cu₁₃VAs₃S₁₆	105	105	2	37285,37291	110
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆			1	37276	227
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	105	94.7	7	37285,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			2	37276,37277	599
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	105	105	1	37291	2970
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	105	105	1	37291	27
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	105	105	2	37289,37291	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	105	94.7	7	37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298	651
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	105	94.7	7	37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,37297	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	133	133	5	37277,37278,37302,37311,37312	4135
Djurleite ()*	None	Cu₃₁S₁₆	105	105	1	37291	300
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	133	133	4	37276,37277,37305,37312	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	105	94.7	7	37285,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	133	133	6	37277,37278,37302,37305,37311,37312	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	133	133	2	37311,37312	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	133	133	4	37302,37305,37311,37312	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	133	94.7	12	37277,37278,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37302,37305,37308,37309,37312	24243
Geerite ()*	None	Cu₈S₅	105	105	1	37291	38
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	105	105	1	37291	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	105	94.7	4	37291,37296,37298,37301	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	37276	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	37277,37305	1544
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	37311	209
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	37277	350
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	133	133	2	37305,37312	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	133	133	2	37302,37312	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			1	37305	1689
Hemusite ()*	Sphalerite	Cu¹⁺₄Cu²⁺₂SnMoS₈	105	105	2	37285,37291	7
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	133	133	2	37305,37312	197
Johannsenite ()*	Pyroxene	CaMnSi₂O₆			1	37305	73
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	105	94.7	6	37276,37291,37296,37300,37302,37305	5591
Kiddcreekite ()*	None	Cu₆WSnS₈	105	94.7	4	37285,37291,37296,37297	9
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			2	37276,37277	210
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	37302	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	133	105	9	37276,37278,37289,37291,37302,37305,37309,37311,37312	14899
Malayaite ()*	Titanite	CaSnO(SiO₄)			1	37302	40
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			2	37276,37277	770
Mawsonite ()*	None	Cu₆Fe₂SnS₈	105	94.7	3	37285,37291,37296	92
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	133	105	7	37289,37291,37302,37305,37307,37308,37312	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	133	94.7	13	37276,37277,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298,37302,37305,37312	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			2	37276,37277	121
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	105	105	2	37276,37291	2994
Orientite ()*	None	Ca₈Mn³⁺₁₀(SiO₄)₃(Si₃O₁₀)₃(OH)₁₀·4H₂O			1	37276	8
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	133	133	1	37312	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	133	133	1	37312	2273
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	37277	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	133	94.7	15	37276,37277,37278,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298,37302,37305,37311,37312	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			4	37276,37277,37279,37294	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	105	105	2	37277,37291	771
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	133	133	2	37276,37312	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	133	133	3	37278,37302,37312	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	133	94.7	18	37276,37277,37278,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37294,37296,37297,37298,37300,37302,37305,37309,37311,37312	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	37276,37277,37305	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	37277	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	133	133	1	37312	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	94.7	94.7	3	37276,37296,37305	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	94.7	94.7	2	37296,37298	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	37305	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	37276,37277	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	133	94.7	13	37276,37277,37278,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37302,37305,37308,37309,37312	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	37277	1934
Spionkopite ()*	None	Cu₃₉S₂₈	105	105	1	37291	73
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	37302	668
Stannoidite ()*	Stannoidite	Cu₈(Fe,Zn)₃Sn₂S₁₂	105	105	2	37285,37291	80
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37277	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	105	94.7	3	37285,37291,37296	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	133	133	1	37312	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	105	94.7	2	37291,37296	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	37277	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	37293,37302	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	133	133	3	37278,37302,37312	2562
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			2	37276,37277	65
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	133	133	2	37277,37312	1395
Vinciennite ()*	None	Cu₁₀Fe₄SnAsS₁₆	105	105	2	37285,37291	13
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	94.7	94.7	1	37296	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	133	133	2	37277,37312	1247
Yarrowite ()*	None	Cu₉S₈	105	105	1	37291	70
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	37293	5251
Zunyite ()*	None	Al₁₃Si₅O₂₀(OH,F)₁₈Cl	105	105	1	37291	86

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	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
Kristen002007	101.9	101.9	101.9	mineralization age		Cu, Au	135238	Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Zijinshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen002008	100	100	100	mineralization age		Cu, Au	135238	Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Zijinshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen002006	105	105	105	mineralization age		Cu, Mo	135264	Luoboling Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Luobuling Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Luobuling	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
PorphCu-00162	105	105	105		Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dickite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Opal, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Zunyite	Cu	135237	Zijinshan Mine, Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Zijinshan	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155
Kristen002009	94.7	94.7	94.7	mineralization age		Ag, Au, Cu	134713	Bitian Au-Ag-Cu Deposit (Bitan Au-Ag-Cu Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Wuping Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Bitian	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen002022	133	133	133	mineralization age		Fe	157567	Makeng Fe Deposit, Zhangping Co., Longyan, Fujian, China	Makeng	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

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