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Locality Name:
Huize Zn-Pb-(Ag) Ore Field, Huize Co., Qujing, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 244
Youngest recorded age at locality: 212

mindat Locality ID: 134609
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134609.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huize Zn-Pb-(Ag) Ore Field, Huize Co., Qujing, Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kuangshanchang Zn-Pb Deposit
Qilinchang Zn-Pb-(Ag-Ge) Deposit (Dashuijing Zn-Pb-(Ag-Ge) Deposit)

Latitude: 26°38'59"N
Longitude: 103°38'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.649722222222,103.63333333333
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: O S Sb Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAragoniteArsenicBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteGypsumHopeiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakite
PolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Antimony  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hopeite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S234.9215.11451712793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)2442121451702734
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb2442120363
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)244212245170,4517111547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11234.9215.1145171843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)244212245170,4517127770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)24421201252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)244212245170,451714979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS224421214517027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2244212245170,451719895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)244212245170,451718173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2234.9215.11451719617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS244212245170,4517124243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O244212245170,451716890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O324421214517014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O2442121451701689
Hopeite  (*)HopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O244212245170,4517129
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)62442121451702228
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2244212245170,45171252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)224421214517017380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O2442121451702994
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6244212145170477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]234.9215.1145171716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3234.9215.11451711425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2244212245170,4517139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2244212245170,4517161156
Silver  (*)CopperAg234.9215.11451715186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)244212245170,451712473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS244212245170,4517121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4234.9215.1145171586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13244212245170,451715317
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4244212145170303


4 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-00101244212228±16 Ma (Sm-Nd on gangue calcite)Sm-Nd on gangue calcite       135119Kuangshanchang Zn-Pb Deposit, Huize Zn-Pb-(Ag) Ore Field, Huize Co., Qujing, Yunnan, ChinaKuangshanchangTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00170244212228±16        135119Kuangshanchang Zn-Pb Deposit, Huize Zn-Pb-(Ag) Ore Field, Huize Co., Qujing, Yunnan, ChinaKuangshanchangSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00106234.9215.1225±9.9 Ma (Sm-Nd on gangue calcite); 223±3.9, 226±6.4 Ma (Rb-Sr on pyrite)Sm-Nd, Rb-Sr       135118Qilinchang Zn-Pb-(Ag-Ge) Deposit (Dashuijing Zn-Pb-(Ag-Ge) Deposit), Huize Zn-Pb-(Ag) Ore Field, Huize Co., Qujing, Yunnan, ChinaQilinchangTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00176234.9215.1225±9.9        135118Qilinchang Zn-Pb-(Ag-Ge) Deposit (Dashuijing Zn-Pb-(Ag-Ge) Deposit), Huize Zn-Pb-(Ag) Ore Field, Huize Co., Qujing, Yunnan, ChinaQilinchangSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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