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Locality Name:
Mangchang Ore Field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 120.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 120.5

mindat Locality ID: 224675
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224675.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mangchang Ore Field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dashan Sn-Zn Deposit
Huilongao W-Mo Deposit
Lan'ao Sn-Zn Deposit
Ma'anshan Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 25°8'59"N
Longitude: 107°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.149722222222,107.46666666667
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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteKobelliteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedrite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Garavellite  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Herzenbergite  (*)Izoklakeite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)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)120.5120.508803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2120.5120.503092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb120.5120.50363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS120.5120.509052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi120.5120.501966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3120.5120.501935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11120.5120.50843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3120.5120.501089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)120.5120.5027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2120.5120.5238463,384655171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2120.5120.5027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS120.5120.502600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)120.5120.501025
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2120.5120.509617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS120.5120.513846624243
Garavellite  (*)BerthieriteFeSbBiS4120.5120.5010
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS120.5120.50170
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6120.5120.50113
Herzenbergite  (*)ArsenolampriteSnS120.5120.5035
Izoklakeite  (*)KobellitePb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57120.5120.5025
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14120.5120.50784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4120.5120.505591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2120.5120.505674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)120.5120.504924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2120.5120.51384645800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2120.5120.5017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)120.5120.502349
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3120.5120.501425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2120.5120.513846339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2120.5120.50771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8120.5120.509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2120.5120.513846361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)120.5120.501711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)120.5120.51384634894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)120.5120.506417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS120.5120.5338463,38465,3846621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4120.5120.50668
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3120.5120.503418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13120.5120.505317


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
Kristen002018120.5120.5120.5 mineralization age     W, Mo, Cu, Sn, As, Zn, Pb, Zn, Cu224675Mangchang Ore Field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaMangchangJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 

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