Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Paojinshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 152

mindat Locality ID: 225197
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225197.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paojinshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, 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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Fluorite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: As C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Fluorite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	160	152	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	160	152	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	160	152	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	160	152	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	160	152	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	160	152	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	160	152	24243
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	160	152	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	160	152	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	160	152	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	160	152	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	160	152	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
	Be-00007	160	152	156	U-Pb		high	cassiterite			Yes	Cassiterite	Hsianghualite, Liberite, Ferrotaaffeite-2N2S	Be	157020	Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China		Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375
	Grew_Li_2019_0047	155	155	155							Yes		Hsianghualite		157020	Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Xianghualing ore field, Linwu County, Hunan Province, China	Yuan et al. (2008); Zhu et al. (2011)

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