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Locality Name:
Huayuan Pb-Zn Ore Field, Huayuan Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 541
Youngest recorded age at locality: 521

mindat Locality ID: 157244
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157244.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huayuan Pb-Zn Ore Field, Huayuan Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Limei Ore District
Lomichang Mine (?)
Malichang Mine
Niutoushan Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiaopaiwu-Shanmuchong Ore District
Yutang Ore District

Latitude: 28°25'51"N
Longitude: 109°23'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.430833333333,109.38416666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Fluorite	Geocronite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jordanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As H Hg K Mo O Pb S Sb Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Fluorite Geocronite Gypsum Marcasite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	541	521	10	40459,40460,40461,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40479,40482	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	541	521	0		843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	541	521	19	40459,40460,40461,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40474,40475,40476,40478,40479,40481,40482	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	541	521	1	40459	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	541	521	0		2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	541	521	16	40459,40460,40462,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40475,40476,40478,40479,40481,40482	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	541	521	8	40459,40460,40462,40464,40465,40466,40479,40482	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	541	521	18	40459,40460,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40475,40476,40477,40478,40479,40480,40481,40482	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	541	521	8	40459,40460,40464,40473,40475,40476,40478,40481	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	541	521	1	40479	784
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	541	521	0		105
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	541	521	1	40459	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	541	521	8	40460,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40479,40482	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	541	521	0		17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	541	521	13	40459,40460,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40477,40479,40482	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	541	521	3	40459,40464,40479	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	541	521	2	40462,40479	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	541	521	21	40459,40460,40461,40462,40463,40464,40465,40466,40469,40470,40471,40473,40474,40475,40476,40477,40478,40479,40480,40481,40482	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	541	521	0		1655

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
	sedexmvt-00098	541	521	Early Cambrian		host rock age									157244	Huayuan Pb-Zn Ore Field, Huayuan Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China	Huayuan	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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