Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Meilong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Yaogangxian W-Sn Ore Field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 157.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 151.9

mindat Locality ID: 233098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meilong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, Yaogangxian W-Sn Ore Field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

None	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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: Pb S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Pb S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Rocksalt Sphalerite

2 IMA Minerals at location:

Galena ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	157.5	151.9	0		24243
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	157.5	151.9	0		21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen001980	154.9	154.9	154.9		mineralization age		Yes		W	233095	Yaogangxian W-Sn Ore Field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Yaogangxian	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
MD43_375-00001	157.5	152.3	154.9±2.6	Re-Os		molybdenite	Yes	Molybdenite		233095	Yaogangxian W-Sn Ore Field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Yaogangxian	Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375
MD43_375-00007	154.1	151.9	153.0±1.1	Ar-Ar		phlogopite	Yes	Phlogopite		233095	Yaogangxian W-Sn Ore Field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Yaoganxian	Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375
MD43_375-00008	156.2	154	155.1±1.1	Ar-Ar		muscovite	Yes	Muscovite		233095	Yaogangxian W-Sn Ore Field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China	Yaoganxian	Yuan et al. (2008)	10.1007/s00126-007-0166-y	MD43_375

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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