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Locality Name:
Shiyingtan Mine (Xitan Mine), Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 295
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 144086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiyingtan Mine (Xitan Mine), Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°5'8"N
Longitude: 90°11'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.085555555556,90.196944444444
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 S Sb Si 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteTetrahedrite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)62952350966
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)29523503250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS29523509052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)229523505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)295235011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)295235027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S29523505707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2295235027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS29523504165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)29523508173
Gold  (*)CopperAu295235030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3295235014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)429523505591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O29523501271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2295235012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS229523505674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O29523501508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2295235017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O29523502994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2295235039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2295235061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg29523505186
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1329523505317


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
JAES32_204-00005295269288±7 to 276±7Rb-Sr       144086Shiyingtan Mine (Xitan Mine), Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaShiyingtanZhang et al. (2008)10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005JAES32_204 
Kristen002285253235244±9        144086Shiyingtan Mine (Xitan Mine), Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaShiyingtan Au DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 

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