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Locality Name:
Nanping, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 390
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121.8

mindat Locality ID: 134708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanping, Fujian, China": 70
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 56

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Guangze Co.
Jian'ou Co.
Jianyang Co.
Pucheng Co.
Shaowu Co.
Shunchang Co.
Songxi Co.
Wuyishan Co.
Yanping District
Zhenghe Co.

Latitude: 27°18'55"N
Longitude: 118°12'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.315277777778,118.20194444444

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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cs Cu F Fe Ge H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArgyroditeArrojaditeArsenopyrite
AutuniteBaryteBerylBerylloniteBjarebyiteBranneriteCalciteCarminiteChalcopyriteChildrenite
ClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDanburiteDiasporeDmisteinbergite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteGarnetKaoliniteLazuliteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
MonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePhenakitePolybasitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxene
QuartzReddingiteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTapiolite
TetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineVivianiteWagneriteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

125 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)
Anapaite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Annite  (*)
Argyrodite  (*)Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augelite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Bertossaite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)Beryllonite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Childrenite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Covellite  (*)Crandallite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Elbaite  (*)Eosphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)Euclase  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)
Ferrisicklerite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorarrojadite-(BaNa)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goyazite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Herderite  (*)
Hurlbutite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)Hydroxylherderite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kulanite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lazulite  (*)
Ludlamite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Minjiangite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montebrasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nanpingite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Palermoite  (*)Periclase  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Phosphoferrite  (*)Pollucite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorzalite  (*)Sicklerite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Simferite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stephanite  (*)Strontiohurlbutite  (*)Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Triphylite  (*)Triploidite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Variscite  (*)Väyrynenite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Wodginite  (*)
Wolfeite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1373312793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2537320,37324,37331,37352,373823419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)390300637331,37352,37360,37366,37370,373828803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31373352353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F390300137370244
Anapaite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa2Fe2+(PO4)2·4H2O39030013737025
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21373382162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31373821534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1373522734
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2137338356
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS613733262
Arrojadite-(KFe)  (*)Arrojadite(KNa)Fe2+(CaNa2)Fe2+13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)(OH)239030013737050
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1373359052
Augelite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(OH)339030013737079
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O3903001373701272
Bertossaite  (*)CarminiteLi2CaAl4(PO4)4(OH)4390300237369,373706
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2300300137370606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O183003001373704286
Beryllonite  (*)BerylloniteNaBe(PO4)30030013737047
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4237324,373285516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6137338248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)196121.81437317,37320,37324,37328,37331,37335,37338,37342,37352,37360,37366,37371,37376,3738227770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6237331,3733291
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO23903001373705171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1373354979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S237324,373765707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2390121.81537320,37324,37328,37331,37335,37338,37339,37340,37342,37352,37363,37366,37369,37376,3738227198
Childrenite  (*)ChildreniteFe2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O39030013737093
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O137338566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6390300137370518
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1373764165
Crandallite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6390300137370310
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3137335802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6737320,37324,37331,37335,37352,37371,373824135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)390300137370648
Elbaite  (*)TourmalineNa(Al1.5Li1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)390300137370520
Eosphorite  (*)ChildreniteMn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O390300137370128
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)390300837320,37324,37328,37331,37352,37360,37369,373828173
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)300300137370120
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6137360414
Ferrisicklerite  (*)OlivineLi1-x(Fe3+,Mn2+)(PO4)390300237369,37370108
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F390300237369,373702740
Fluorarrojadite-(BaNa)  (*)ArrojaditeBaNa4CaFe13Al(PO4)11(PO3OH)F23903001373702
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23903001737315,37316,37317,37318,37325,37338,37346,37347,37348,37349,37350,37353,37357,37360,37366,37370,373729617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12137331663
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2300300137369163
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS390121.82237320,37323,37324,37328,37331,37335,37337,37338,37339,37340,37341,37342,37344,37352,37355,37359,37363,37367,37369,37375,37376,3738224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)237335,373797437
Gold  (*)CopperAu937324,37326,37328,37335,37376,37377,37380,37381,3738330554
Goyazite  (*)AluniteSrAl3(PO4)(PO3OH)(OH)6390300137370173
Graphite  (*)NoneC237335,373452812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31373821544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6237320,37382741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3337335,37352,3736614640
Herderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)F30030013737020
Hurlbutite  (*)DanburiteCaBe2(PO4)230030013737014
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH390300137370367
Hydroxylherderite  (*)GadoliniteCaBe(PO4)(OH)300300137370119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3237362,373635433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61373352228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2137338102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4390300237366,373705591
Kulanite  (*)BjarebyiteBaFe2+2Al2(PO4)3(OH)339030013737012
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41373351507
Lazulite  (*)LazuliteMgAl2(PO4)2(OH)2390300137370232
Ludlamite  (*)NoneFe2+3(PO4)2·4H2O39030013737066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4390121.81137320,37324,37328,37331,37335,37342,37352,37362,37369,37379,3738214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2337331,37335,373665674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)390300237338,373704924
Minjiangite  (*)DmisteinbergiteBaBe2(PO4)23003001373701
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2837327,37328,37338,37340,37355,37356,37361,373625800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3237362,37363140
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)390300137370945
Montebrasite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)(OH)390300137370200
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1373661508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23903001237320,37324,37328,37331,37335,37352,37361,37362,37363,37366,37370,3738217380
Nanpingite  (*)MicaCsAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23903001373708
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)390300237370,373822349
Palermoite  (*)CarminiteLi2SrAl4(PO4)4(OH)43903901373703
Periclase  (*)RocksaltMgO137371114
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)300300137370326
Phosphoferrite  (*)ReddingiteFe2+3(PO4)2·3H2O39030013737031
Pollucite  (*)AnalcimeCs(Si2Al)O6·nH2O390300137370140
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]137331716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2390121.81837320,37321,37324,37328,37331,37335,37338,37339,37342,37352,37361,37362,37363,37366,37369,37376,37379,3738239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO23903001373693106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2137324771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8837320,37324,37331,37335,37352,37361,37363,373829056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23903002737315,37316,37317,37318,37320,37324,37328,37331,37335,37338,37345,37346,37347,37348,37349,37350,37352,37353,37361,37362,37363,37366,37370,37371,37372,37376,3738261156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)137382969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2390121.8237342,373695614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3903001373702705
Scorzalite  (*)LazuliteFe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)239030013737060
Sicklerite  (*)OlivineLiMn2+(PO4)39030013737066
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)196121.81373426417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)213733892
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51373351516
Silver  (*)CopperAg237328,373765186
Simferite  (*)NoneLiMg(PO4)3903001373703
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)33903001373701214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS390121.82237320,37323,37324,37328,37331,37335,37337,37338,37339,37340,37341,37342,37352,37355,37359,37363,37367,37369,37375,37376,37379,3738221482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6390300137370688
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4137331586
Strontiohurlbutite  (*)DanburiteSrBe2(PO4)23003001373701
Tantalite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Ta2O639030013737099
Tantalite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Ta2O6390300137370211
Tapiolite-(Fe)  (*)TapioliteFe2+Ta2O639030013737088
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131373355317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1373601006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3903001373694899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2390300237360,373701476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2737320,37324,37331,37335,37352,37360,373822562
Triphylite  (*)OlivineLiFe2+(PO4)390300137370313
Triploidite  (*)WagneriteMn2+2(PO4)(OH)39030013737029
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2437338,37360,37365,373662718
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O390300137369301
Väyrynenite  (*)NoneBeMn2+(PO4)(OH)30030013737015
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O390300137370636
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F39030013737061
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O839030013737078
Wolfeite  (*)WagneriteFe2+2(PO4)(OH)39030013737043
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3237371,373821247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4196121.8337342,37362,373631655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)390300137369939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)390121.8337342,37360,373705251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0001122MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001123MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001124MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.


5 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
Jen_0001122123.6122.2122.9±0.7K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  144545Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, ChinaYangdunWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001123123.2121.8122.5±0.7K-Ar phlogopite   Phlogopite  144545Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, ChinaYangdunWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Jen_0001124196180118±8Rb-Sr       144545Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, ChinaYangdunWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796 
Be-00053300300300  high    Strontiohurlbutite, MinjiangiteBe154558Pegmatite No. 31 (Xikeng Mine; Xiyuantou), Nanping Pegmatite Field (Xikeng Pegmatite Field), Yanping District, Nanping, Fujian, China Rao et al. (2009)10.3749/canmin.47.5.1195CM47_1195 
Grew_Li_2019_0082390390390      Palermoite 154558Pegmatite No. 31 (Xikeng Mine; Xiyuantou), Nanping Pegmatite Field (Xikeng Pegmatite Field), Yanping District, Nanping, Fujian, ChinaPegmatite no. 31, Xikeng mine, Nanping pegmatite field, Yanping district, Fujian Province, ChinaChe et al. (2015); Tang et al. (2017)   


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R141104Pegmatite No. 31 (Xikeng Mine; Xiyuantou), Nanping Pegmatite Field (Xikeng Pegmatite Field), Yanping District, Nanping, Fujian, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R141104


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