Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Baifang Mine, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 64
Youngest recorded age at locality: 64

mindat Locality ID: 64773
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64773.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baifang Mine, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Liujiawan Cu Deposit
Tonggutang Cu-(Ag) Deposit

Latitude: 26°32'30"N
Longitude: 112°28'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.541666666667,112.475

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Digenite	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wuyanzhiite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Digenite Fluorite Kaolinite
Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

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	64	64	1	40290	2793
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	64	64	1	40290	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	64	64	1	40290	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	64	64	1	40290	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	64	64	1	40290	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	64	64	1	40290	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	64	64	0		27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	64	64	1	40290	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	64	64	1	40290	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	64	64	1	40290	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	64	64	0		1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	64	64	1	40290	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	64	64	1	40290	24243
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	64	64	0		5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	64	64	1	40290	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	64	64	1	40290	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	64	64	1	40290	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	64	64	1	40290	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	64	64	1	40290	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	64	64	1	40290	21482
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	64	64	0		1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	64	64	1	40290	5317
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	64	64	1	40290	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	64	64	1	40290	2718
Wuyanzhiite ()*	None	Cu₂S	64	64	0		1

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
	sedcu-00363	64	64	L. Paleocene										Cu	187092	Tonggutang Cu-(Ag) Deposit, Baifang Mine, Changning Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	TongGuTang	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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