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Locality Name:
Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 396

mindat Locality ID: 64732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Pegmatite Vein No. 309

Latitude: 33°52'27"N
Longitude: 110°42'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.874166666667,110.71222222222

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 B Be Bi Ca Cs F Fe H K Li Mn Na Nb O P S Sb Si Sn Ta U Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F Fe H Li Na O P S Sb Si Sn Ta Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeApatiteBerylClayColumbiteFeldsparMicaNonePyritePyrochlore
PyroxeneQuartzRutileTourmalineZircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismutotantalite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorcalciomicrolite  (*)Luanshiweiite  (*)Montebrasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Oxynatromicrolite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Stibiotantalite  (*)Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Trilithionite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)4004001397668803
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F4003960244
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1840039604286
Bismutotantalite  (*)NoneBiTaO440040013976623
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO240039605171
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)4003960520
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F40039602740
Fluorcalciomicrolite  (*)Pyrochlore(Ca,Na,   )2Ta2O6F40040013976613
Luanshiweiite  (*)MicaKLiAl1.5(Si3.5Al0.5)O10(OH)24004001397661
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)400400139766200
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)240040013976617380
Oxynatromicrolite  (*)None(Na,Ca,U)2(Ta,Nb)2O6(O,F)4004001397661
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O400400139766140
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2400396039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO240040013976661156
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6400400139766688
Stibiotantalite  (*)NoneSb3+TaO4400396053
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6400400139766211
Trilithionite  (*)MicaKLi1.5Al1.5(Si3Al)O10F240040013976628
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)40039605251



2 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
Alexandra-0102396396396K-ArAge of intrusionwhole rock     64732Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, ChinaGuanpo depositeLi et al. (2015)10.1111/1755-6724.12453AGS89_656 
Grew_Li_2019_0060400400400      Luanshiweiite 240987Pegmatite Vein No. 309, Guanpo Pegmatite Field, Guanpo, Lushi Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, ChinaNo. 309 pegmatite vein, Guanpo, Lushi county, Henan Province, ChinaLu et al. (2010); Wang et al. (2011)   


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