Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Luanheite Occurrence, Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 528
Youngest recorded age at locality: 131

mindat Locality ID: 187182
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187182.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luanheite Occurrence, Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Copper	None

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 Au Hg Pb Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Au Hg Pb Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper None

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Gold ()*	Lead ()*	Luanheite ()*	Silver ()*	Zinc ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	528	131	30554
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	528	131	192
Luanheite ()*	None	Ag₃Hg	152	131	17
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	528	131	5186
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	528	131	52

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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
Emily000342	458	414	436±22	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-1	Yes	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		696	Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China	Luan River Valley	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000343	479	445	462±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-3	Yes	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		696	Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China	Luan River Valley	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000344	490	460	475±15	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-6	Yes	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		696	Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China	Luan River Valley	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000345	488	426	457±31	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-7	Yes	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		696	Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China	Luan River Valley	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000346	528	464	496±32	Re-Os	molybdenite	XL7-10	Yes	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		696	Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China	Luan River Valley	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Hg-00009	152	131		Re-Os			Yes		Luanheite	Hg	696	Luan River Valley (Luanhe Valley), Chengde, Hebei, China		Huang et al. (1996); Mao et al. (1999)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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