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Locality Name:
Fenghuangshan Mine, Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 149
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 135063
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135063.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fenghuangshan Mine, Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°51'57"N
Longitude: 118°1'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.865833333333,118.02055555556

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 Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumEpidoteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymiteTetrahedriteWollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21456603419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21456603092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1456609052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14566011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41456605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4145660154
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O145660925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1456605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566027198
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1456602970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61456604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21456609895
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2145660246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1456608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314566014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te145660804
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214566012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21456605674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2145660252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566017380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se145660192
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81456609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1456606417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566021482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S145660510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131456605317
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31456601247



2 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
RG55_21-00001149124149-124K-Ar    Yes  135104Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaFenghuangshanLiu et al. (2005)10.1016/j.gexplo.2003.08.004RG55_21 
Chen2007tbl01-4114566Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite 135063Fenghuangshan Mine, Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaFenghuangshan, Tongling, AnhuiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


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