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Locality Name:
Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 48874
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48874.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°31'37"N
Longitude: 113°42'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.526944444444,113.71361111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*
Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Be Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	164.7	66	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164.7	66	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	164.7	66	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	164.7	66	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	164.7	164.7	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	164.7	66	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	164.7	66	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	164.7	66	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	164.7	66	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	164.7	164.7	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	164.7	164.7	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	164.7	164.7	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	164.7	164.7	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	164.7	66	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	164.7	66	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	164.7	66	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	164.7	164.7	345
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	164.7	66	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	164.7	66	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	164.7	66	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	164.7	66	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	164.7	66	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	164.7	66	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	164.7	66	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	164.7	164.7	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	164.7	164.7	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	164.7	66	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	164.7	164.7	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164.7	66	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	164.7	66	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	164.7	164.7	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	164.7	66	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	164.7	66	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	164.7	164.7	1101
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164.7	66	2562

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Chen2007tbl01-07	145	66	Cretaceous		Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan, Qujiang, Guangdong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Kristen001993	164.7	164.7	164.7	mineralization age		Cu, W, Mo	48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
sedznpb-00152	164	100	Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous				48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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