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Locality Name:
Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 558
Youngest recorded age at locality: 518

mindat Locality ID: 156803
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156803.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°40'3"N
Longitude: 106°40'54"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.6675,106.68166666667
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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Hg K La Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Hg K La Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Ti U V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldspar
GypsumMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMonaziteNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteValleriite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Evansite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sasaite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)55851808803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS55851809052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)558518011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS455851805516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O65585180248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)558518027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2558518027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS55851804165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)255851809895
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O558518056
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS558518024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu558518030554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O55851806890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S25585180205
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS255851805674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS55851801066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)5585180945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)558518038
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2558518017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS5585180767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2558518055
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S855851801512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S45585180131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2558518039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2558518061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO255851805614
Sasaite  (*)NoneAl6(PO4)5(OH)3·36H2O558518011
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S45585180249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS558518021482
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4558518048
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1355851801803
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe558518083
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS25585180106
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]5585180237
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S45585180380


7 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
Mo-00363556526541±15Re-Os molybdeniteHJW-1-1  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00364555527541±14Re-Os molybdeniteHJW-1-3  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00365556526541±15Re-Os molybdeniteHJW-2-3  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00366550518534±16Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00367554524539±15Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7-1  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00368558524541±17Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7-2  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00369557525541±16Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7-3  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 

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