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Locality Name:
Saima U-REE Deposit, Saima Complex, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 5544
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5544.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saima U-REE Deposit, Saima Complex, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°59'42"N
Longitude: 124°14'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.995,124.24472222222
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 Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Nb O Pb REE S Si Sr Th Ti U Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBrookiteCalciteCancriniteCatapleiiteChalcopyriteClayCorundum
EudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteLabuntsoviteMicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
OlivinePectolitePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitanite
TridymiteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)
Catapleiite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Humite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Lamprophyllite  (*)
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nenadkevichite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pectolite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Richterite  (*)
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O624521701022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O62452170286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24521708803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O24521701627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO224521702162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)324521701534
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)22452170295
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO22452170700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245217027770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O2452170232
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O2452170113
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245217027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O624521704135
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)22452170182
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF224521709617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)24521701188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245217024243
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2245217080
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O324521705433
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2245217063
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O6245217057
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2245217079
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2245217093
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24521704924
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2245217045
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245217017380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O24521701236
Nenadkevichite  (*)Labuntsovite(Na,   )8Nb4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·8H2O245217019
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)2452170884
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)24521702349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)2452170363
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)224521702273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245217039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245217061156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)22452170148
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F2245217053
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245217021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O424521701934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)2452170589
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO22452170236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)24521701006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O24521704899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)224521702562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO224521702718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)24521705251


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
ree-00264245217217-245 Ma        5544Saima U-REE Deposit, Saima Complex, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, ChinaSaimaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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