Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 216701
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216701.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Liuyang Lead-zinc Mine
Longwangpai W-Mo Deposit
Qibaoshan Cu-polymetallic Deposit
Yonghe

Latitude: 28°17'42"N
Longitude: 113°53'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.295,113.89361111111

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Palygorskite	Pavonite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Valleriite	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 Bi C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Palygorskite Pavonite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Scheelite Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Talc Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Valleriite Wavellite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

63 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Idaite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Pavonite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Talc ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Wavellite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	145	66	1	40142	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	40142	3419
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	66	1	40142	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	1	40142	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	40142	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	145	66	1	40142	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	40142	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	3	40140,40142,40146	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			1	40146	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	145	66	2	40140,40142	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	1	40142	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	40140,40142	27198
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	145	66	1	40142	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	1	40142	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	145	66	1	40142	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	1	40142	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	3	40140,40142,40146	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	1	40142	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	40145	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	145	66	1	40142	1188
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	145	66	1	40142	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	2	40140,40142	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	1	40142	30554
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	145	66	1	40142	717
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	1	40142	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	145	66	2	40140,40142	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	1	40142	804
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	145	66	1	40142	142
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	145	66	1	40142	5433
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	145	66	1	40142	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	2	40142,40146	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	40142	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	1	40142	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	1	40142	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	145	66	1	40142	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	1	40142	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	145	66	2	40142,40146	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	40142	17380
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O			1	40146	306
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	145	66	1	40142	72
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	66	1	40142	2273
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	145	66	1	40142	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	40140,40142	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	1	40142	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	3	40140,40142,40146	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	145	66	1	40142	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	40142	1153
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O			1	40146	241
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	1	40142	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	1	40142	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	145	66	2	40140,40142	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	2	40140,40142	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	145	66	1	40142	668
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	145	66	1	40142	332
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	2	40142,40146	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	145	66	1	40142	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	145	66	1	40142	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	40142	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	1	40142	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	145	66	1	40142	237
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	40145	374
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	1	40142	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	145	66	1	40142	5251

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
	Chen2007tbl01-12	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite		156960	Qibaoshan Cu-polymetallic Deposit, Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China	Qibaoshan, Liuyang, Hunan	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

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