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Locality Name:
Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 107602
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-107602.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Anqing Copper Mine
Ceguashan Deposit
Liujiawa Deposit
Longmenshan Mine
Matushan Deposit
Tongniujing Cu-Mo-Au Deposit (Tongliujing Cu-Mo-Au Deposit)
Yenjialaowu Deposit
Yinzhushan Mine

Latitude: 30°38'18"N
Longitude: 116°52'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.638333333333,116.87194444444

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: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScapolite
SkutteruditeSphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteWollastonite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Maghemite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Marialite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Skutterudite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)214566336883,36886,368883419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)14566336883,36886,368888803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2145661368862162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)314566236883,368861534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)14566236883,368861588
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi145661368831966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3145661368831935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS414566336883,36886,368885516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566336883,36886,3688827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14566236886,368885707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566436883,36886,36888,3688927198
Copper  (*)CopperCu145661368883846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS145661368864165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O614566236883,368864135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214566336883,36886,368889895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)14566336883,36886,368888173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)145661368831188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566236883,3688624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14566236886,368907437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566236883,3688630554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O145661368836890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O614566136883741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314566336883,36886,3688814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414566336883,36886,368885591
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O414566136886229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566336883,36886,3688814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214566236883,3688612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2145661368835674
Marialite  (*)ScapoliteNa4Al3Si9O24Cl14566136883139
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2144.3132.4336883,36886,368885800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566336883,36886,3688817380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)145661368832349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)214566236883,368862273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566536883,36884,36886,36888,3689039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)214566136883771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814566236883,368869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566536883,36884,36886,36888,3688961156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)145661368896417
Skutterudite  (*)Skutterudite PerovskiteCoAs314566136886531
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566236883,3688621482
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O14566136886456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2145661368833337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13145661368835317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O14566236883,368864899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)214566236883,368862562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO314566236883,368861247
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)14566236883,368861025



6 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
Michelle_0001138.1134.1136.1±2.0Os-OsAge of vein mineralizationmolybdeniteYS-4  MolybdeniteBornite, ChalcopyriteCu, Mo107602Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, ChinaYueshan Cu-Mo veinSun et al. (2003)10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.175EG98_175Fig. 2A, Fig. 3A
Chen2007tbl01-3214566Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite 134681Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, ChinaAnqing, Huaining, AnhuiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Mo-00321137132.4134.7±2.3Re-Os molybdeniteYU-1  Molybdenite Mo134681Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, ChinaAnqingMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00322139.4136.4137.9±1.5Re-Os molybdeniteYU-1  Molybdenite Mo134681Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, ChinaAnqingMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00323144.3140.9142.6±1.7Re-Os molybdeniteYU-2  Molybdenite Mo134681Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, ChinaAnqingMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00324139.6135.2137.4±2.2Re-Os molybdeniteYU-2  Molybdenite Mo134681Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, ChinaAnqingMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 


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