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Locality Name:
Sankuanggou Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 187034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sankuanggou Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°22'0"N
Longitude: 125°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.366666666667,125.58333333333
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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
EpidoteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelVesuvianiteWollastonite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2016602793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22016603419
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32016601534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2016609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22016605509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42016605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20166027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2016605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220166027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2016604165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O2016602970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62016604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2016608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20166024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu20166030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320166014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42016605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420166014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220166012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22016605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220166017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220166039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2201660771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82016609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220166061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2016604894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20166021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22016602562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102016601395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO32016601247


4 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
Kristen001923520492506±14Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdenite  142698Duobaoshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaDuobaoshan and Tongshan DepsoitsZhao et al. (1997) AGS8_61 
Mo-00328520492506Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo142698Duobaoshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaDuobaoshan/TongshanZhao et al. (1997) AGS18_61 
Chen2007tbl01-6020166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 187034Sankuanggou Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaSankuanggou, Nenjiang, HeilongjiangChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Mo-00338520492506±14Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo144445Tongshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaDuobaoshan/TongshanZhao et al. (1997) AGS18_61 

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