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Locality Name:
Zoujiashan U Deposit (U Deposit No. 612), Zoujiashan Ore District, Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 98
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 225790
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225790.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zoujiashan U Deposit (U Deposit No. 612), Zoujiashan Ore District, Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°34'2"N
Longitude: 115°53'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.567222222222,115.89722222222

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluorite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
TitaniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coffinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)989808803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O989801272
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O698980248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9898027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29898027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)898980577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8989801756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O98980566
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2989809617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9898024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O39898014640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)98980123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS298980102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4989805591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2989805674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2989805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)29898017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29898039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29898061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2989805614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9898021482
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO298980236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)989801006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O989804899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2989802718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O98980890



1 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
Kristen002026989898 mineralization age   Yes U225795Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaXiangshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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