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Locality Name:
Tongmugou Zn Deposit, Shanyang Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 342

mindat Locality ID: 144141
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144141.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongmugou Zn Deposit, Shanyang Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, 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
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 As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldspar
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScapoliteSphaleriteSpinel
TetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)39334208803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)239334203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39334209052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393342011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393342027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)39334204979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393342027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS39334202600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239334209895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3933420648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39334208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393342024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4393342014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239334205674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl3933420139
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393342017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)239334202273
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl239334209
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393342039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839334209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393342061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)39334202705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)39334206417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)39334202473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393342021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339334205317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O39334204899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)39334205251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)39334201025


2 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
sedexmvt-00111393383Middle Devonian host rock age      144141Tongmugou Zn Deposit, Shanyang Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, ChinaTongmugouTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00184374342374–342        144141Tongmugou Zn Deposit, Shanyang Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, ChinaTongmugouSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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