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Locality Name:
Langyashan Cu-Au Deposit (Lanyashan Cu-Au Deposit), Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 145314
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145314.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Langyashan Cu-Au Deposit (Lanyashan Cu-Au Deposit), Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°17'9"N
Longitude: 118°17'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.285833333333,118.29166666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi Co Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Co Cu Fe H K Mo Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Matildite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2016609052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42016605516
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4201660154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2016605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220166027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20166024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu20166030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320166014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te201660804
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42016605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420166014899
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2201660252
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22016605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220166017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2201660409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220166039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82016609056
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4201660249
Silver  (*)CopperAg2016605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20166021482


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Chen2007tbl01-4520166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 145314Langyashan Cu-Au Deposit (Lanyashan Cu-Au Deposit), Langya District, Chuzhou, Anhui, ChinaLangyeshan, Chuxian, AnhuiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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