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Locality Name:
Tongshankou Mine (Tongchankou Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 17.89
Youngest recorded age at locality: 17.77

mindat Locality ID: 64759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongshankou Mine (Tongchankou Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°59'59"N
Longitude: 114°50'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.999722222222,114.83777777778

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Humite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Andradite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Grossular ()*	Hematite ()*
Humite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Humite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	17.89	17.77	3419
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	17.89	17.77	1534
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	17.89	17.77	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	17.89	17.77	161
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	17.89	17.77	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	17.89	17.77	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	17.89	17.77	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	17.89	17.77	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	17.89	17.77	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	17.89	17.77	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	17.89	17.77	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	17.89	17.77	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	17.89	17.77	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	17.89	17.77	1544
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	17.89	17.77	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	17.89	17.77	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	17.89	17.77	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	17.89	17.77	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	17.89	17.77	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	17.89	17.77	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17.89	17.77	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	17.89	17.77	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	17.89	17.77	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	17.89	17.77	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	17.89	17.77	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	17.89	17.77	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	17.89	17.77	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	17.89	17.77	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	17.89	17.77	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	17.89	17.77	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	17.89	17.77	2562

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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	Age Notes
	PorphCu-00133	17.89	17.77	17.83±0.06									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	64759	Tongshankou Mine (Tongchankou Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China	Tongchankou	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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