Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qiandongshan Mine (Qiantongshan Mine), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 342

mindat Locality ID: 156248
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156248.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qiandongshan Mine (Qiantongshan Mine), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Malachite
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	393	342	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	393	342	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	393	342	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	393	342	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	342	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	393	342	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	342	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	393	342	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	342	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	393	342	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	342	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	393	342	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	342	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	393	342	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	393	342	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	393	342	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	393	342	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	393	342	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	393	342	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	393	342	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	342	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	342	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	393	342	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	393	342	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	342	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	393	342	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	393	342	5317

2 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
	sedexmvt-00105	393	383	Middle Devonian		host rock age									156248	Qiandongshan Mine (Qiantongshan Mine), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Qiandongshan	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00175	374	342	374–342											156248	Qiandongshan Mine (Qiantongshan Mine), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Qiandongshan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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