Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cenxi Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 208
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 216425
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216425.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cenxi Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fuzichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field (Fozichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field)
Hesan Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit
Yichuanghe Mine

Latitude: 22°57'36"N
Longitude: 111°8'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.96,111.145

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Fluorite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

21 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
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	4	38623,38624,38629,38632	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	38624	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	208	66	6	38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38630	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	8	38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	208	66	1	38624	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	208	66	8	38623,38624,38625,38627,38628,38629,38632,38633	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	208	66	7	38623,38624,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	208	66	2	38623,38629	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	13	38622,38623,38624,38625,38626,38627,38628,38629,38630,38631,38632,38633,38634	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	208	66	1	38624	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	208	66	2	38627,38633	741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	38635	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	208	66	1	38624	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	208	66	4	38624,38625,38628,38632	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	8	38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	5	38623,38624,38629,38631,38632	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	208	66	10	38622,38623,38624,38625,38626,38628,38629,38630,38631,38632	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	208	66	1	38624	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	12	38623,38624,38625,38626,38627,38628,38629,38630,38631,38632,38633,38634	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	208	66	1	38624	586
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	38635	5251

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
	Chen2007tbl01-06	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		186997	Fuzichong Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit, Fuzichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field (Fozichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field), Cenxi Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China	Fuzichong, Cenxi, Guangxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
	sedznpb-00158	208	90	Yanshanian											186997	Fuzichong Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit, Fuzichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field (Fozichong Pb-Zn-Ag Ore Field), Cenxi Co., Wuzhou, Guangxi, China	Fozichong	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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