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Locality Name:
Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I Deposit), Tongyu Gold Field, Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 185921
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185921.html

Tectonic Settings: Backarc Environment

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I Deposit), Tongyu Gold Field, Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°24'51"N
Longitude: 110°18'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.414166666667,110.3

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2600	2600	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2600	2600	3092
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2600	2600	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2600	2600	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2600	2600	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2600	2600	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2600	2600	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2600	2600	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2600	2600	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2600	2600	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2600	2600	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2600	2600	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2600	2600	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2600	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2600	2600	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2600	2600	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2600	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2600	2600	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2600	2600	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2600	2600	3418

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
	vms-00413	2600	2600	Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (2.8-2.6 Ga)										S	185921	Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I Deposit), Tongyu Gold Field, Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China	Tongyu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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