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Locality Name:
Gacun Mine, Maqiong, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 245
Youngest recorded age at locality: 189

mindat Locality ID: 146933
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146933.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gacun Mine, Maqiong, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 31°11'4"N
Longitude: 99°32'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.184444444444,99.538611111111
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDescloiziteDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldspar
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtzite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Descloizite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gorceixite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mannardite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S24518902793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)24518908803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO224518902162
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)24518902734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS24518909052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)224518905509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)245189011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS424518905516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S112451890843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS324518901089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)245189027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)24518904979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2245189027198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS22451890162
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS24518904165
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)2451890378
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S24518901027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)224518909895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS42451890910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)24518908173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245189024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu245189030554
Gorceixite  (*)AluniteBaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)62451890121
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O24518906890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3245189014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O24518901689
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O324518905433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)624518902228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)424518905591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245189014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2245189012537
Mannardite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6V3+2)O16245189012
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245189017380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]2451890249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]2451890716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245189039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S824518909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245189061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO224518905614
Silver  (*)CopperAg24518905186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)24518902473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245189021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS2451890332
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4245189048
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1324518901803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1324518905317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O24518904899


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
vms-00394245189Upper Triassic (217±28, Re-Os)       S146933Gacun Mine, Maqiong, Baiyu Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, ChinaGacunMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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