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Locality Name:
Sanming, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 156.3

mindat Locality ID: 133817
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133817.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sanming, Fujian, China": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 31

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Datian Co.
Jiangle Co.
Jianning Co.
Mingxi Co.
Ninghua Co.
Qingliu Co.
Taining Co.
Yong'an Co.
Youxi Co.

Latitude: 26°19'10"N
Longitude: 117°20'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.319444444444,117.34944444444

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baddeleyite	Baryte	Beryl
Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tungstite
Wollastonite	Zircon

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baddeleyite Baryte Beryl
Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tungstite
Wollastonite Zircon

76 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Altaite ()*
Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baddeleyite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Corundum ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hodrušite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrope ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	570	570	3	37454,37484,37485	3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆			1	37462	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	570	156.3	2	37469,37484	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37454	2353
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	570	570	1	37484	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	156.3	156.3	1	37469	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	570	570	1	37484	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	37487	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	156.3	156.3	1	37469	5509
Baddeleyite ()*	Baddeleyite	ZrO₂			1	37460	238
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	37475	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	156.3	156.3	1	37469	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	156.3	156.3	1	37469	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	156.3	156.3	1	37469	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	156.3	156.3	1	37469	716
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			1	37462	115
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	570	156.3	6	37451,37454,37469,37484,37485,37488	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	156.3	156.3	1	37469	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	570	570	1	37484	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	156.3	8	37447,37454,37461,37469,37471,37484,37485,37488	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	156.3	156.3	1	37469	321
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	37487	2600
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	37460	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	37454	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	37447	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	570	570	3	37454,37484,37485	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	570	570	2	37452,37484	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	37458	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	570	570	3	37454,37484,37485	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	570	156.3	6	37454,37455,37463,37465,37469,37484	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	570	570	9	37447,37454,37461,37471,37481,37484,37485,37487,37488	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	37447,37449	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	570	570	9	37447,37457,37471,37480,37482,37484,37486,37487,37488	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	570	570	1	37484	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	156.3	156.3	1	37469	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	570	570	1	37485	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	570	156.3	5	37454,37469,37484,37486,37487	14640
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂			1	37447	28
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	37487	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	156.3	156.3	3	37451,37469,37487	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	37447	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	570	570	6	37447,37454,37462,37484,37485,37486	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	156.3	156.3	1	37469	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	37447	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	570	570	1	37484	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	37447	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	156.3	156.3	2	37466,37469	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	156.3	156.3	1	37469	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	156.3	156.3	2	37451,37469	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	570	156.3	8	37454,37469,37471,37480,37482,37484,37487,37488	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	156.3	156.3	1	37469	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	570	570	1	37484	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	570	156.3	15	37447,37449,37451,37452,37454,37461,37469,37471,37480,37482,37484,37485,37486,37487,37488	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	156.3	156.3	2	37447,37469	3106
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37460	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37487	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	570	570	6	37449,37450,37454,37461,37484,37485	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	570	156.3	15	37447,37454,37455,37462,37463,37465,37469,37471,37480,37482,37484,37485,37486,37487,37488	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	37451,37452	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	156.3	156.3	1	37469	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	156.3	156.3	3	37450,37466,37469	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	570	570	3	37447,37484,37487	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	570	156.3	8	37447,37454,37461,37469,37481,37484,37485,37487	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	37460	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	156.3	156.3	1	37469	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	37488	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	570	570	1	37484	5317
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂			1	37462	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	37462	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	37462	4899
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	37447	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	570	570	2	37454,37484	2562
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	156.3	156.3	1	37469	118
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	37446	2718
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	570	570	1	37484	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	37460	5251

2 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
	Kristen001986	156.3	156.3	156.3		mineralization age								W, Mo	16290	Xingluokeng W-Mo Deposit, Qingliu Co., Sanming, Fujian, China	Xingluokeng	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	vms-00407	570	570	Neoproterozoic, Sinian										S	135228	Meixian Pb-Zn-(Ag) Ore Field, Youxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China	Meixian	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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