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Locality Name:
Dading Fe-Sn Deposit, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 165
Youngest recorded age at locality: 165

mindat Locality ID: 157704
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157704.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dading Fe-Sn Deposit, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°7'0"N
Longitude: 114°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.116666666667,114.58333333333
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: Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Sn Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparHarkeriteHulsite
HumiteLudwigiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianiteZircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluoborite  (*)
Harkerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hulsite  (*)Kotoite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nordenskiöldine  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Vonsenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)216516503419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)16516508803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS16516509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O616516502060
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO216516505171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2165165027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21651650285
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O616516504135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)16516508173
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3165165052
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)165165011
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3165165014640
Hulsite  (*)HulsiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)165165015
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2165165020
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)1651650134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4165165014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)16516504924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS216516505800
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)1651650153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2165165017380
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)2165165016
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2165165039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S816516509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2165165061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS165165021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O416516501934
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)165165087
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)216516502562
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2165165056
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1016516501395
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)165165062
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)16516505251


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
Kristen001994165165165 mineralization age     Fe, Sn, Pb, Zn157704Dading Fe-Sn Deposit, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, ChinaDadingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 

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