Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Benxi, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2601
Youngest recorded age at locality: 90

mindat Locality ID: 700
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-700.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benxi, Liaoning, China": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Benxi Co.
Huanren Co.
Nanfen District
Pingshan District
Xihu District

Latitude: 41°12'54"N
Longitude: 124°4'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.215,124.08277777778

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Billietite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferri-winchite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kasolite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Uranophane-β ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sn U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Talc Zircon

45 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2601	90	4	41910,41916,41917,41922	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2601	90	5	41905,41906,41907,41911,41916	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	124	124	1	41910	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	41906	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	124	124	1	41910	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2601	90	1	41916	1272
Billietite ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₆O₄(OH)₆·8H₂O	2601	90	1	41916	38
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	124	124	5	41909,41910,41911,41912,41917	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	41907	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2601	90	7	41905,41906,41907,41909,41910,41911,41916	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	2601	90	1	41916	566
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	41922	327
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	124	124	2	41909,41910	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	124	124	3	41910,41917,41922	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	124	124	5	41907,41909,41910,41911,41912	8173
Ferri-winchite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	41922	16
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2601	90	1	41916	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2601	90	6	41907,41909,41910,41911,41912,41916	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2601	90	1	41916	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2601	90	2	41907,41916	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	124	124	7	41910,41911,41914,41917,41918,41920,41922	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	41907	5591
Kasolite ()*	None	Pb(UO₂)(SiO₄)·H₂O	2601	90	1	41916	198
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2601	90	1	41916	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	124	124	11	41905,41906,41907,41909,41910,41911,41914,41917,41918,41920,41922	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	41911	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41907	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2601	90	3	41907,41911,41916	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2601	90	7	41905,41906,41907,41911,41912,41916,41917	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	41904	112
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41907	2349
Uranophane-β ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2601	90	1	41916	144
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	41905,41906	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2601	90	11	41905,41906,41907,41909,41910,41911,41912,41915,41916,41917,41922	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2601	90	4	41905,41906,41910,41916	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2601	90	11	41905,41906,41907,41909,41910,41911,41912,41916,41917,41918,41922	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	41917	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2601	90	6	41906,41909,41910,41911,41912,41916	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2601	90	1	41916	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	41917	3337
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2601	90	1	41916	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2601	90	3	41916,41917,41922	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2601	90	1	41916	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	2601	90	1	41916	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	41917	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00001007	The deposits occur in a transitional zone lying between an Archaean craton and Lower Proterozoic miogeosynclinal sequences.
Giersdorf_00001008	The deposits occur in a transitional zone lying between an Archaean craton and Lower Proterozoic miogeosynclinal sequences.
Giersdorf_00001009	The deposits occur in a transitional zone lying between an Archaean craton and Lower Proterozoic miogeosynclinal sequences.
Giersdorf_00001010	The deposits occur in a transitional zone lying between an Archaean craton and Lower Proterozoic miogeosynclinal sequences.
Giersdorf_00001011	The deposits occur in a transitional zone lying between an Archaean craton and Lower Proterozoic miogeosynclinal sequences.
Giersdorf_00001012	The deposits occur in a transitional zone lying between an Archaean craton and Lower Proterozoic miogeosynclinal sequences.
Giersdorf_00001013	The deposits occur in a transitional zone lying between an Archaean craton and Lower Proterozoic miogeosynclinal sequences.

8 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
sedznpb-00165	124	124	124				143441	Huanren Pb-Zn Deposit, Huanren Co., Benxi, Liaoning, China	Huanren	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252
Giersdorf_00001007	2243	1992	2114+129/-122	U-Pb	Age of metamorphosed sedimentary U mineralization.		143579	Lianshanguan Mine (Benxi Mine; U Deposit No. 3075), Nanfen District, Benxi, Liaoning, China	Lianshanguan Uranium Deposit	Zhong & Guo (1988)	10.1016/0301-9268(88)90050-2	PR39_51
Giersdorf_00001008	1970	1820	1891+79/-71	U-Pb	Age of alkalic metasomatic stage of U mineralization		143579	Lianshanguan Mine (Benxi Mine; U Deposit No. 3075), Nanfen District, Benxi, Liaoning, China	Lianshanguan Uranium Deposit	Zhong & Guo (1988)	10.1016/0301-9268(88)90050-2	PR39_51
Giersdorf_00001009	1862	1799	1829+33/-30	U-Pb	Age of hydrothermal filling stage of U mineralization.		143579	Lianshanguan Mine (Benxi Mine; U Deposit No. 3075), Nanfen District, Benxi, Liaoning, China	Lianshanguan Uranium Deposit	Zhong & Guo (1988)	10.1016/0301-9268(88)90050-2	PR39_51
Giersdorf_00001010	220	90	220-90		Age of tectonic overprinting of the U deposit		143579	Lianshanguan Mine (Benxi Mine; U Deposit No. 3075), Nanfen District, Benxi, Liaoning, China	Lianshanguan Uranium Deposit	Zhong & Guo (1988)	10.1016/0301-9268(88)90050-2	PR39_51
Giersdorf_00001011	2601	2440	2601-2440	U-Pb	Age of granitic basement rock	Zircon	143579	Lianshanguan Mine (Benxi Mine; U Deposit No. 3075), Nanfen District, Benxi, Liaoning, China	Lianshanguan Uranium Deposit	Zhong & Guo (1988)	10.1016/0301-9268(88)90050-2	PR39_51
Giersdorf_00001012	2185	2185	2185	Pb-Pb	Age of sedimentation for altered metasediment		143579	Lianshanguan Mine (Benxi Mine; U Deposit No. 3075), Nanfen District, Benxi, Liaoning, China	Lianshanguan Uranium Deposit	Zhong & Guo (1988)	10.1016/0301-9268(88)90050-2	PR39_51
Giersdorf_00001013	1900	1800	1900-1800		Age of tectonic event which ceased buildup of sediment		143579	Lianshanguan Mine (Benxi Mine; U Deposit No. 3075), Nanfen District, Benxi, Liaoning, China	Lianshanguan Uranium Deposit	Zhong & Guo (1988)	10.1016/0301-9268(88)90050-2	PR39_51

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