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Locality Name:
Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 157415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baoshan Cu-Mo-Bi-W Deposit
Baoshandong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan East Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit)
Baoshanxi Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan West Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit)
Caishenmiao Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 25°44'15"N
Longitude: 112°42'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.7375,112.71555555556

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 Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi Ca Cu Fe H O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCovelliteEpidoteFluoriteJunoiteKaoliniteKobelliteLillianiteMarcasiteMeneghinite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPavonitePolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

52 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Altaite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gladite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Heyrovskýite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Junoite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tintinaite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S16266240174,401752793
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe16266140176489
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14566240174,401769052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3162661401731935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4162661401765516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1116266140176843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3162661401761089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16266340174,40175,4017627770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS616266091
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21626605171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)162661401764979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S16266240174,401765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566340173,40174,4017627198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS162661401764165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)216266340174,40175,401769895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1626608173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF216266240174,401769617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12162660663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566340174,40175,4017624243
Gladite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi5S916266067
Gold  (*)CopperAu1456614017430554
Graphite  (*)NoneC162661401762812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te16266140176804
Heyrovskýite  (*)LillianitePb6Bi2S916266066
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4162660142
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)1616266018
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4162661401765591
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6162660128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416266014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2162661401745674
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl162661401761107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2162661401735800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21626614017617380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se16266140176192
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S516266072
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]162660249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]16266140174716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS316266240174,40175733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS316266240174,401751425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566340174,40175,4017639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)216266140176771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145661401769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216266240174,4017661156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te416266064
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)16266240173,401744894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)162661401766417
Silver  (*)CopperAg16266240174,401765186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566340174,40175,4017621482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS162660332
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131626601803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1316266240174,401765317
Tintinaite  (*)KobellitePb10Cu2Sb16S351626614017624



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
Chen2007tbl01-0814566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum 157415Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, ChinaBaoshan, Guiyang, HunanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
MD43_375-00005162158160±2        157415Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, ChinaBaoshanYuan et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0166-yMD43_375 


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