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Locality Name:
Fuwan Ag Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66.3

mindat Locality ID: 157679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157679.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fuwan Ag Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°0'55"N
Longitude: 112°48'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.015277777778,112.81277777778

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperDigeniteEpidote
FluoriteKaoliniteMicaNoneOwyheeitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
StibniteTetrahedrite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Owyheeite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S66.366.302793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS66.366.309052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS466.366.305516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS366.366.301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)66.366.3027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS266.366.3027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS66.366.302600
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S866.366.30126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S66.366.301027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66.366.308173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF266.366.309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS66.366.3024243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)466.366.305591
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS266.366.30300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)266.366.3017380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2866.366.3089
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]66.366.30716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS366.366.30733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS366.366.301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS266.366.3039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO266.366.3061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg66.366.305186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS66.366.3021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS466.366.30586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S366.366.303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1366.366.305317



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
Kristen002016109.9109.9109.9 mineralization age   Yes Au157678Changkeng Au Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, ChinaChangkengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen00201766.366.366.3 mineralization age     Ag, Au, Cu157679Fuwan Ag Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, ChinaFuwanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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