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Locality Name:
Dengjiashan Pb-Zn Deposit (Dengjianshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 144985
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144985.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dengjiashan Pb-Zn Deposit (Dengjianshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°3'0"N
Longitude: 105°34'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.05,105.56666666667
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 Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NoneOwyheeitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Cymrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)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
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)39334208803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)239334203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39334209052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393342011547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113933420843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393342027770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)3933420100
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393342027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS39334202600
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O393342046
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239334209895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123933420663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393342024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu393342030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239334205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393342017380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28393342089
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS3933420767
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]3933420716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS339334201425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393342039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839334209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393342061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg39334205186
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-00091393383Middle Devonian host rock age      144985Dengjiashan Pb-Zn Deposit (Dengjianshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, ChinaDengjiashanTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00154374342374–342        144985Dengjiashan Pb-Zn Deposit (Dengjianshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Cheng Co., Longnan, Gansu, ChinaDengjiashanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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