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Locality Name:
Yushui Mine, Mei Co., Meizhou, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 323
Youngest recorded age at locality: 293

mindat Locality ID: 157910
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157910.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yushui Mine, Mei Co., Meizhou, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°25'0"N
Longitude: 116°10'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.416666666667,116.17916666667
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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKobelliteMicaNonePhenakite
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Franklinite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Larosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nuffieldite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Willemite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S32329302793
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S15323293045
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS432329305516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)323293027770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S43232930154
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S32329305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2323293027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu32329303846
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O4323293052
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS323293024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3323293014640
Larosite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)21PbBiS1332329306
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4323293014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2323293017380
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S7323293032
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2323293039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2323293061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)32329306417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S43232930249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS323293021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3232930332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1332329301803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1332329305317
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO43232930303
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS33232930297


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
DeepDive-Co-0001323293308Re-Os       157910Yushui Mine, Mei Co., Meizhou, Guangdong, ChinaYushuiHuang et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.04.018OGR70_281 

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