Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 158.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 153.7

mindat Locality ID: 157416
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157416.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Dalongshan W-Mo Deposit
Dangping Mine
Muzhiyuan Mine (Muziyuan Mine)
Piaotang Mine
Shilei Mine
Xihuashan Mine
Xin'anzi W-Mo Deposit
Zongshukeng W-Sn Deposit

Latitude: 25°29'45"N
Longitude: 114°21'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.495833333333,114.365

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	Argyrodite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite
Nickeline	None	Parisite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Topaz	Triplite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	Dolomite ()*	Euclase ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Ferberite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Galena ()*	Gustavite ()*
Helvine ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Matildite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*
Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Triplite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Nb O P Pb S Si Sn Ta Te Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Be C Ca Ce F Fe Nb O P Si Th Ti U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Bastnäsite Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay
Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Lillianite Mica Molybdenite Monazite
Nickeline None Parisite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Topaz Triplite Zircon

46 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	158.9	153.7	2	41367,41371	2793
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	158.9	153.7	4	41366,41367,41369,41371	9052
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	158.9	153.7	0		304
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	158.9	153.7	5	41366,41367,41369,41371,41372	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	158.9	153.7	2	41366,41368	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	158.9	153.7	5	41366,41367,41369,41371,41372	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	158.9	153.7	4	41366,41367,41369,41371	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆	153.7	153.7	1	41367	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	153.7	153.7	8	41366,41367,41368,41369,41370,41371,41372,41373	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	158.9	153.7	7	41366,41367,41368,41369,41370,41371,41373	27198
Fergusonite-(Y)-β ()*	None	YNbO₄	158.9	153.7	0		17
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	158.9	153.7	1	41371	9895
Euclase ()*	None	BeAlSiO₄(OH)	158.9	153.7	1	41369	120
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	158.9	153.7	0		414
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	158.9	153.7	6	41366,41367,41368,41369,41370,41371	551
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	158.9	153.7	0		196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	158.9	153.7	4	41366,41367,41369,41371	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	158.9	153.7	0		163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	158.9	153.7	7	41366,41367,41368,41369,41370,41371,41373	24243
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	158.9	153.7	2	41367,41371	113
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	158.9	153.7	2	41369,41371	237
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	158.9	153.7	2	41367,41371	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	158.9	153.7	2	41367,41371	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	158.9	153.7	2	41367,41371	14899
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	158.9	153.7	2	41367,41371	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	158.9	153.7	1	41371	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	158.9	153.7	7	41366,41367,41368,41369,41370,41371,41372	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	158.9	153.7	0		945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	158.9	153.7	4	41366,41367,41369,41371	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	158.9	153.7	1	41371	2349
Parisite-(Ce) ()*	Parisite	CaCe₂(CO₃)₃F₂	158.9	153.7	0		112
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	158.9	153.7	5	41366,41367,41369,41370,41371	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	158.9	153.7	1	41369	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	158.9	153.7	3	41366,41369,41371	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	158.9	153.7	5	41366,41367,41368,41369,41371	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	158.9	153.7	6	41366,41367,41368,41369,41370,41371	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	158.9	153.7	2	41367,41371	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	158.9	153.7	6	41366,41368,41369,41370,41371,41373	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	153.7	153.7	2	41369,41371	668
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	158.9	153.7	0		55
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	158.9	153.7	0		1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	158.9	153.7	3	41366,41369,41371	1476
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	158.9	153.7	2	41369,41371	233
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	158.9	153.7	0		2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	158.9	153.7	1	41367	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	158.9	153.7	1	41367	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen001977	155	155	155	mineralization age	W	157416	Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Xihuashan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen001988	155	155	155	mineralization age	W	64287	Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Piaotang	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen001989	158.9	158.9	158.9	mineralization age	W	64287	Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Piaotang	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
Kristen002000	153.7	153.7	153.7	mineralization age	W, Sn	64287	Piaotang Mine, Xihuashan Ore Field, Dayu Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Piaotang	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

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