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Locality Name:
Xiaotieshan Zn-Pb-Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 445
Youngest recorded age at locality: 445

mindat Locality ID: 144955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144955.html

Tectonic Settings: Oceanic Arc (Subduction)

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaotieshan Zn-Pb-Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°38'34"N
Longitude: 104°15'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.642777777778,104.26222222222
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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDiaspore
EpidoteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMonaziteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Crocoite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S44544502793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)244544503092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS44544509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)445445011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS444544505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)445445027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2445445027198
Crocoite  (*)Monazite BarytePb(CrO4)445445081
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)44544508173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS445445024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)44544507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu445445030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O44544506890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)444544505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4445445014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2445445012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2445445017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2445445039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S844544509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2445445061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg44544505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS445445021482
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl4454450605


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
vms-00418445445Late Ordovician       S144955Xiaotieshan Zn-Pb-Cu-Au-Ag Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, ChinaXiaotieshanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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