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Locality Name:
Ermiaogou Prospect, Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 105
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 135260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ermiaogou Prospect, Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°10'37"N
Longitude: 116°23'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.176944444444,116.38527777778

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: Al As Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCovelliteDigeniteEnargiteKaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteWurtzite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Enargite  (*)Galena  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)61051000966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410510005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10510005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2105100027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10510004165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41051000651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S10510001027
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41051000910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS105100024243
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2105100017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2105100039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2105100061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS105100021482



3 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
Kristen002007101.9101.9101.9 mineralization age   Yes Cu, Au135238Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaZijinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002008100100100 mineralization age   Yes Cu, Au135238Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaZijinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002006105105105 mineralization age   Yes Cu, Mo135264Luoboling Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Luobuling Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaLuobulingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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