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Locality Name:
Luoyang, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 140

mindat Locality ID: 133824
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-133824.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luoyang, Henan, China": 102
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 91

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Luanchuan Co.
Luoning Co.
Ruyang Co.
Song Co.
Xin'an Co.

Latitude: 34°14'35"N
Longitude: 111°52'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.243055555556,111.87611111111

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBeryl
BrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiaspore
DigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetJalpaiteKaoliniteKobelliteMalachiteMarcasite
MeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePolybasitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalc
TetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

108 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Brookite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celsian  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Halite  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Krennerite  (*)Larosite  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Melonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rucklidgeite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tellurium  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Zincite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S839554,39587,39591,39593,39594,39595,39623,396372793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21641401039564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39617,39622,39623,396373419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3139637315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1641401839560,39564,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39587,39594,39597,39622,39623,39635,39637,39640,39644,39645,396478803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S213964028
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)139622706
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe539555,39560,39587,39622,39623489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6139629966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1396291627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21396522162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3164140439564,39565,39566,396221534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)439576,39587,39591,395952734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)639600,39614,39626,39628,39641,396471588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21539555,39558,39571,39572,39574,39586,39587,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39640,396433092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1395941036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1039554,39555,39560,39571,39572,39574,39583,39586,39587,395919052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2739584,39587,39595,39614,39626,39641,396475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1439555,39574,39576,39587,39614,39615,39621,39626,39629,39638,39641,39643,39644,3964711547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18164140239564,395664286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3639587,39588,39600,39615,39637,396401935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41539560,39574,39586,39587,39591,39594,39600,39607,39615,39622,39635,39637,39640,39644,396475516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2139652700
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2539560,39587,39589,39622,39623361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1641404239554,39556,39558,39563,39564,39566,39568,39571,39572,39574,39576,39586,39587,39589,39591,39594,39595,39599,39600,39601,39607,39608,39614,39615,39617,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39633,39635,39637,39640,39641,39643,39644,39645,39647,3965227770
Celsian  (*)FeldsparBa(Al2Si2O8)139576100
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1039571,39576,39580,39587,39591,39593,39595,39615,39622,396404979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1641401239566,39571,39572,39584,39587,39595,39614,39626,39637,39640,39641,396475707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21641405139554,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576,39580,39583,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,39597,39599,39600,39601,39607,39608,39613,39614,39615,39621,39622,39623,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39643,39644,39645,3964727198
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)2139652376
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1395941025
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe139587169
Copper  (*)CopperCu239587,396373846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5139587344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS839560,39571,39572,39574,39587,39589,39638,396404165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)339578,39651,39652481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S239595,396451027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6164140839556,39564,39565,39566,39567,39574,39622,396404135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21641402139554,39556,39566,39567,39571,39574,39575,39576,39591,39594,39600,39601,39607,39608,39615,39621,39635,39637,39640,39647,396529895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1641403039556,39558,39564,39565,39566,39571,39572,39574,39583,39586,39587,39588,39589,39594,39599,39600,39614,39615,39622,39623,39626,39628,39629,39635,39637,39640,39641,39643,39645,396478173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O164140239566,39588345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21641402639563,39564,39566,39567,39568,39571,39574,39586,39587,39600,39612,39614,39615,39622,39623,39626,39628,39629,39630,39633,39636,39637,39641,39643,39645,396479617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12139595663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1641406239554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576,39580,39583,39584,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,39599,39600,39601,39602,39603,39604,39605,39606,39607,39608,39609,39614,39615,39617,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39642,39643,39644,39645,39646,3964724243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4139637192
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3139578504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)439558,39622,39649,396527437
Gold  (*)CopperAu3239555,39558,39560,39571,39572,39574,39575,39579,39580,39582,39583,39585,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39594,39595,39596,39617,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39627,39629,39635,39637,39639,3964630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC439614,39626,39641,396472812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31641401395661544
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1396371398
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2139637209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6164140139566741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31641402539554,39566,39571,39572,39574,39576,39586,39587,39588,39593,39594,39595,39600,39615,39621,39622,39623,39624,39635,39637,39643,39646,39647,39649,3965214640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te839560,39571,39572,39587,39622,39623,39637,39640804
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2139587201
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3164140839566,39574,39600,39614,39626,39641,39647,396525433
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2139594116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6339576,39587,396222228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2139647102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42139555,39557,39560,39571,39572,39574,39575,39578,39582,39586,39587,39621,39622,39623,39635,39637,39638,39640,39645,39646,396525591
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8139622111
Larosite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)21PbBiS131396356
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)239615,39647233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41641402339566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39580,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39594,39595,39600,39613,39622,39628,39635,39637,39638,39640,39645,3965214899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21641401739566,39571,39580,39586,39587,39591,39593,39595,39614,39615,39626,39635,39638,39640,39641,39643,3964712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2739555,39556,39595,39600,39607,39622,396425674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2239555,39587207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21641402839554,39556,39557,39563,39566,39567,39568,39574,39580,39587,39588,39594,39597,39600,39610,39614,39615,39622,39626,39628,39633,39636,39637,39640,39641,39643,39645,396475800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3164140539566,39574,39615,39645,39647140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O239615,396471508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21641405339554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576,39578,39582,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,39599,39600,39601,39607,39608,39614,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39639,39640,39641,39643,39645,39646,39647,3965217380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1641401395662994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)239635,396372349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]139591249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2339560,39587,39623409
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21561461395672273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]439556,39591,39594,39595716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)164140139566494
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31395941425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21641406339554,39555,39556,39558,39560,39563,39564,39565,39566,39567,39568,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576,39578,39580,39582,39583,39584,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,39599,39600,39601,39607,39608,39614,39615,39617,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39633,39635,39636,39637,39638,39639,39640,39641,39642,39643,39644,39645,39646,39647,39652,3965439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2339554,39576,396073106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81641402139556,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39576,39583,39586,39587,39607,39622,39623,39635,39637,39638,39640,39642,396449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21641406339554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39563,39564,39565,39566,39567,39568,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576,39578,39579,39580,39582,39583,39584,39585,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,39597,39599,39600,39601,39607,39608,39614,39615,39617,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39633,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39643,39644,39645,39646,39647,3965261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1395761711
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te413958764
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2164140539566,39574,39578,39622,396525614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1641401639556,39563,39564,39565,39566,39567,39568,39574,39587,39600,39614,39615,39622,39626,39641,396474894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1039556,39560,39576,39578,39586,39587,39589,39594,39622,396526417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1561461339564,39586,39587,39591,39594,39595,39621,39622,39623,39635,39637,39639,396405186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)339576,39622,396402473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31396171214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1641405639554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576,39580,39583,39586,39587,39589,39591,39593,39594,39595,39596,39599,39600,39601,39602,39603,39604,39605,39606,39607,39608,39609,39614,39615,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39642,39643,39644,39645,39646,3964721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4139591586
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4239555,39560337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2156146239567,395743337
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe339555,39560,39587190
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3239635,39637276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S339635,39637,39640510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131239560,39587,39589,39591,39592,39594,39595,39599,39624,39635,39637,396385317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O164140739566,39600,39615,39622,39635,39645,396474899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2164140639556,39564,39566,39567,39574,396232562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101641401395661395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4139622303
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3139637297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31641401395661247
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO239576,3962298
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1561461039567,39578,39600,39614,39615,39626,39641,39645,39647,396525251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)239571,395721025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Emily000355porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000356porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000357porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000358porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000359porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit


7 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
Kristen002244156146156-146Re-Osmineralization agemolybdenite   Molybdenite Mo, W135126Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, ChinaNannihu Mo DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 
Mo-00325156146156–146Re-Os molybdenite   MolybdeniteFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, PowelliteMo135126Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, ChinaNannihu Mo depositZhang et al. (2005)10.1007/s00126-004-0451-yMD39_960 
Emily000355151141146±5Re-Os molybdeniteN83-39  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64735Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, ChinaNannihu-SandaozhuangMao et al. (1999)10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9GCA63_1815 
Emily000356152140146±6Re-Os molybdeniteN83-37  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64735Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, ChinaNannihu-SandaozhuangMao et al. (1999)10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9GCA63_1815 
Emily000357164148156±8Re-Os molybdeniteN0-26  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64735Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, ChinaNannihu-SandaozhuangMao et al. (1999)10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9GCA63_1815 
Emily000358148.1148.1 Re-Os molybdeniteN83-52  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64735Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, ChinaNannihu-SandaozhuangMao et al. (1999)10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9GCA63_1815 
Emily000359153141147±6Re-Os molybdenite3-3  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64735Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, ChinaNannihu-SandaozhuangMao et al. (1999)10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9GCA63_1815 


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