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Locality Name:
Funiushan Cu-Au-Fe Deposit, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 13215
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13215.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Funiushan Cu-Au-Fe Deposit, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°6'0"N
Longitude: 119°2'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.1,119.04583333333
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 Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si Te Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumGarnetJunoiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMeneghinite
MicaNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
Tetradymite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Aikinite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berryite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Felbertalite  (*)Friedrichite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Junoite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lindströmite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pekoite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3201660315
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32016601534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2016609052
Berryite  (*)MeneghiniteCu3Ag2Pb3Bi7S1620166050
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32016601935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42016605516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220166027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62016604135
Felbertalite  (*)NoneCu2Pb6Bi8S192016609
Friedrichite  (*)MeneghiniteCu5Pb5Bi7S1820166043
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20166024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu20166030554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)32016601544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320166014640
Junoite  (*)JunoiteCu2Pb3Bi8(S,Se)1620166018
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42016605591
Lindströmite  (*)MeneghinitePb3Cu3Bi7S1520166038
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420166014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22016605674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220166017380
Pekoite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBi11S1820166039
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220166039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82016609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220166061156
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4201660249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20166021482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S201660510
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3201660297


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
Chen2007tbl01-4320166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 13215Funiushan Cu-Au-Fe Deposit, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaFuniushan, Jiangning, JiangsuChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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