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Locality Name:
Bijiashan Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit, Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 342

mindat Locality ID: 190883
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190883.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bijiashan Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit, Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°47'50"N
Longitude: 105°43'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.797222222222,105.71888888889
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)239334203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39334209052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393342011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439334205516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393342027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393342027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239334209895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239334209617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123933420663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393342024243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239334205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393342017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393342039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839334209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393342061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)39334206417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393342021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S339334203418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339334205317


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
sedexmvt-00088393383Middle Devonian host rock age      190883Bijiashan Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit, Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, ChinaBijiashanTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00150374342342–374        190883Bijiashan Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit, Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, ChinaBijiashanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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