Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Gangbei District, Guigang, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 216468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gangbei District, Guigang, Guangxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gulinao Au Deposit
Longtoushan Mine
Pingdong Pb-Zn Deposit
Qingfeng Pb-Zn Deposit
Sanhua Au Deposit
Xijikeng Zn-Pb Deposit
Yinshanling Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 23°13'30"N
Longitude: 109°29'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.225,109.49166666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

16 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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	38312,38313,38315	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			3	38312,38313,38315	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	38313,38315	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			3	38312,38313,38315	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	38312,38313,38315	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			4	38312,38313,38315,38316	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	100	100	1	38311	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	100	100	1	38311	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	38316	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	100	100	1	38311	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	100	100	2	38311,38316	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	100	100	5	38311,38312,38313,38315,38316	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	38315	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	100	100	5	38311,38312,38313,38315,38316	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			4	38312,38313,38315,38316	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	38316	3418

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
	Kristen002021	100	100	100		mineralization age								Au	157845	Longtoushan Mine, Gangbei District, Guigang, Guangxi, China	Longtoushan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

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