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

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 462

mindat Locality ID: 144445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144445.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 50°14'28"N
Longitude: 125°47'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.241111111111,125.78694444444
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 Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllophaneAluniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S52046202793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)52046208803
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS452046205516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)520462027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S52046205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2520462027198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O52046203531
Copper  (*)CopperCu52046203846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS52046204165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35204620802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O52046202970
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)52046208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS520462024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)52046207437
Gold  (*)CopperAu520462030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3520462014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)652046202228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)452046205591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4520462014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2520462012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS252046205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2520462017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2520462039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2520462061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO252046205614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS520462021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1352046201803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO52046201101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1352046205317


Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Emily000381Cu (Mo) deposit
Emily000382Cu (Mo) deposit


5 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 
Emily000381519491505±14Re-Os molybdenite832-860  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 144445Tongshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, China铜川铜(割的矿床 Tongshan MineZhao et al. (1997) AGS8_61 
Emily000382490462476±14Re-Os molybdenite832-2  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 144445Tongshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, China铜川铜(割的矿床 Tongshan MineZhao et al. (1997) AGS8_61 
Mo-00338520492506±14Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo144445Tongshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaDuobaoshan/TongshanZhao et al. (1997) AGS18_61 

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