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Locality Name:
Mianyang, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 191.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 172.8

mindat Locality ID: 62395
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-62395.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mianyang, Sichuan, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Beichuan Co.
Jiangyou Co.
Pingwu Co.
Youxian District

Latitude: 32°9'56"N
Longitude: 104°24'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.165555555556,104.40722222222

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Geocronite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Orpiment	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Beryl ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kësterite ()*	Magnesio-foitite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Mushistonite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vismirnovite ()*

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 B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Geocronite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Orpiment Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Titanite Tourmaline

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	191.2	172.8	2	43580,43588	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	43577	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	43586	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	43577	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4286
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	191.2	172.8	1	43581	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	191.2	172.8	1	43581	1089
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	191.2	172.8	2	43580,43588	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	191.2	172.8	4	43577,43581,43586,43588	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	191.2	172.8	3	43577,43581,43586	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	43586	2600
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	191.2	172.8	4	43580,43588	57
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	43577	1756
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	43577	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	191.2	172.8	3	43577,43581,43586	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	191.2	172.8	2	43578,43581	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	191.2	172.8	2	43577,43581	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	191.2	172.8	1	43581	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	43577	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	43575,43576,43577,43584,43586	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	191.2	172.8	2	43580,43588	350
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	191.2	172.8	1	43581	5433
Kësterite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂ZnSnS₄	191.2	172.8	1	43581	82
Magnesio-foitite ()*	Tourmaline	(Mg₂Al)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	22
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	191.2	172.8	2	43581,43586	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	191.2	172.8	2	43577,43581	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	191.2	172.8	1	43581	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	191.2	172.8	3	43577,43581,43586	17380
Mushistonite ()*	Perovskite	Cu²⁺Sn⁴⁺(OH)₆	191.2	172.8	1	43581	7
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	43586	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	191.2	172.8	6	43573,43575,43577,43581,43585,43586	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	191.2	172.8	2	43580,43588	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	191.2	172.8	6	43575,43577,43580,43581,43583,43586	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	43586	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	191.2	172.8	2	43580,43588	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	191.2	172.8	2	43581,43583	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	191.2	172.8	1	43581	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	43577	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	43577	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	191.2	172.8	2	43580,43588	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	191.2	172.8	3	43577,43581,43586	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	191.2	172.8	1	43579	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	43575,43586	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4899
Vismirnovite ()*	Perovskite	ZnSn(OH)₆	191.2	172.8	1	43581	4

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
	Jen_0001439	191.2	172.8	182 ± 9.2		age of mineralization		scheelite				Scheelite			5416	Pingwu Beryl Mine (Huya W-Sn-Be Deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit), Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	Huya	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050065	Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	https://rruff.info/R050065
R120098	Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	https://rruff.info/R120098
R060153	Pingwu Beryl Mine (Huya W-Sn-Be Deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit), Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China	https://rruff.info/R060153

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