Mineral Evolution Database
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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org



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    • Minerals queried: Gananite

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    Max Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)mindat IDLocality containing MineralCountryTectonic SettingsDated Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Reference (Max Age)Reference (Min Age)Excel ID (Max Age)Excel ID (Min Age)Query Minerals# of Query Minerals at LocalityLat DegLat MinLat SecLon DegLon MinLon SecDecimal Degree
    693ChinaChinaGananite 133055111351933.015277777778,111.58861111111
    26719Jiangxi, ChinaChinaGananite 127583115441327.9675,115.73694444444
    62186Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaChinaGananite 1253655115125025.615277777778,115.21388888889
    210819Gan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaChinaGananite 125502711595625.840833333333,115.16555555556
    MD51085Laikeng Tungsten Mine, Gan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaChinaGananite 1254532115122825.758888888889,115.20777777778
    P326.431514244GermanyGermanyMD42_337MD42_337Mo-00127Mo-00127Gananite 151261810221151.438333333333,10.369722222222
    P326.43157003Saxony, GermanyGermanyMD42_337MD42_337Mo-00127Mo-00127Gananite 150551213234750.92,13.396388888889
    P326.43151905Erzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyGermanyMD42_337MD42_337Mo-00127Mo-00127Gananite 150354012565950.594444444444,12.949722222222
    P326.4315146109Schmiedeberg, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyGermanyMD42_337MD42_337Mo-00127Mo-00127Gananite 150493713384450.826944444444,13.645555555556
    MDO326.431513149Sadisdorf, Schmiedeberg, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyGermany13149Sadisdorf, Schmiedeberg, Erzgebirge District, Saxony, GermanyMD42_337MD42_337Mo-00127Mo-00127Gananite 150493713384550.826944444444,13.645833333333
    14409RussiaRussiaGananite 15356106839953.936111111111,68.6525
    2629Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, RussiaRussiaGananite 167482314674867.806388888889,146.13
    MD307284Kuiviveem–Pyrkakai Ore District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, RussiaRussiaGananite 168229-177-17-1368.041388888889,-177.28694444444
    278345Okhotsk-Chukotka Belt, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, RussiaRussiaGananite 16351016015963.85,160.03305555556
    MD301428Kontaktovyi Stock, Okhotsk-Chukotka Belt, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, RussiaRussiaGananite 10000000,0

    This mineral directly occurs at 4 localities (4 localities according to mindat, 15 localities if parents are counted as well)
    Of the 4 localities at which this mineral occurs, 1 has an age. (5 of the 15 parent localities have ages)


    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, but does not have an age yet.
    MDThe mineral occurs at this locality according to MED, and has an age.
    The mineral occurs at some child of this locality.
    The locality at which the mineral occurs does not have an age...this is the closest parent locality with an age, relative to that mineral. This is not ideal.

    AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
    GThis mineral is directly dated.
    BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
    YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
    OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
    RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
    PThe 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.

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     This bottom-level locality is directly dated. (1 total)
     This locality is directly dated, but is not bottom-level. (0 total)
     This locality is not directly dated, and is not bottom-level. (4 total)

     This bottom-level locality has an age assigned to it from some other locality. (0 total)
     This locality does not have an age assigned to it. (3 bottom-level + 7 top/mid-level = 10 total)

       






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