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Locality Name:
Zheyaoshan Mine, Baiyinchang Cu Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 515
Youngest recorded age at locality: 515

mindat Locality ID: 144957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144957.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zheyaoshan Mine, Baiyinchang Cu Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°39'28"N
Longitude: 104°13'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.657777777778,104.22944444444

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.

Alunite	Baryte	Botryogen	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Gypsum	Halotrichite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Botryogen ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Fibroferrite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Ba Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Botryogen Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Gypsum Halotrichite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	515	515	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	515	515	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	515	515	5516
Botryogen ()*	Botryogen	MgFe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·7H₂O	515	515	45
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	515	515	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	515	515	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	515	515	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	515	515	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	515	515	2970
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O	515	515	107
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	515	515	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	515	515	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	515	515	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	515	515	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	515	515	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	515	515	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	515	515	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	515	515	14899
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	515	515	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	515	515	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	515	515	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	515	515	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	515	515	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	515	515	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	515	515	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	515	515	1101

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
	vms-00422	515	515	Middle Cambrian										S	144957	Zheyaoshan Mine, Baiyinchang Cu Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, China	Zheyaoshan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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