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Locality Name:
Saishitang Mine (Saishentang Mine; Sashitang Mine), Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 123464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saishitang Mine (Saishentang Mine; Sashitang Mine), Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°18'25"N
Longitude: 99°47'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.306944444444,99.788333333333
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 Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cd Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSepioliteSphaleriteSpinel
StannoiditeTetrahedriteWollastoniteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrisepiolite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Periclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannoidite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220114503419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)20114508803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO520114501310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)320114501534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20114509052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi20114501966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420114505516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)201145027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2201145027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS2011450966
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S32011450802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620114504135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20114508173
Ferrisepiolite  (*)Sepiolite(Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg)4[(Si,Fe3+)6O15](O,OH)2·6H2O20114505
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)20114501188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS201145024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu201145030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2011450717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)320114501544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3201145014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)420114505591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4201145014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2201145012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS220114505800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2201145017380
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO2011450114
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)220114502273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2201145039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S820114509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2201145061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)20114504894
Silver  (*)CopperAg20114505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS201145021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O420114501934
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12201145080
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2011450332
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1320114505317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)220114502562
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS32011450297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO320114501247


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
Chen2007tbl01-67201145Jurassic      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 123464Saishitang Mine (Saishentang Mine; Sashitang Mine), Xinghai Co., Hainan, Qinghai, ChinaSaishitang, Xinghai, QinghaiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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