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Locality Name:
Ankang, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 443.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419.2

mindat Locality ID: 135029
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135029.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ankang, Shaanxi, China": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Baihe Co.
Hanbin District
Langao Co.
Ningshan Co.
Pingli Co.
Shiquan Co.
Xunyang Co.
Zhenping Co.
Ziyang Co.

Latitude: 32°52'34"N
Longitude: 109°17'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.876111111111,109.28805555556

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Turquoise	Wurtzite

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Humite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Stilpnomelane Titanite Turquoise Wurtzite

81 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alleghanyite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Bementite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chernykhite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*
Crandallite ()*	Cymrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ganophyllite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hanjiangite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hotsonite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganhumite ()*
Manganosite ()*	Mannardite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Norsethite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Parsettensite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Uraninite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Witherite ()*	Woodhouseite ()*	Wurtzite ()*
Zincite ()*

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			1	42534	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	443.8	419.2	3	42515,42516,42534	8803
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂			1	42564	77
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42564	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	42543	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	42534,42539,42544	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	42517	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	42531	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	443.8	419.2	14	42516,42522,42529,42530,42531,42537,42543,42545,42554,42555,42556,42557,42562,42564	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	443.8	419.2	3	42516,42543,42562	83
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈			1	42564	173
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			4	42528,42531,42540,42554	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	42564	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	443.8	419.2	21	42516,42522,42523,42528,42531,42534,42537,42540,42543,42549,42550,42553,42554,42555,42556,42557,42559,42562,42563,42564,42565	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42564	83
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			4	42528,42555,42557,42559	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			8	42534,42540,42542,42547,42548,42549,42550,42556	27198
Chernykhite ()*	Mica Clay	BaV₂(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	443.8	419.2	2	42516,42543	6
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			3	42523,42537,42538	2600
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	42564	57
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆			1	42509	310
Cymrite ()*	None	Ba(Si,Al)₄(O,OH)₈·H₂O	443.8	419.2	1	42516	46
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	443.8	419.2	1	42516	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			13	42522,42537,42538,42539,42549,42550,42553,42555,42557,42558,42563,42564,42565	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	42513,42534	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	42527	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	443.8	419.2	12	42508,42516,42534,42540,42543,42546,42547,42548,42549,42550,42551,42565	24243
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)			1	42564	45
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	42523,42534,42539,42540,42542,42544,42547	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O			2	42549,42550	188
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	42514,42534	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	42537	6890
Hanjiangite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ba₂Ca(V³⁺Al)(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂F(CO₃)₂	443.8	419.2	1	42516	1
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	42564	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			3	42534,42549,42550	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O			2	42549,42550	1689
Hotsonite ()*	None	Al₅(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₁₀·8H₂O			1	42509	5
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆			2	42549,42550	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	42534,42540	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	42522,42541,42563,42564	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂			2	42563,42564	234
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	42562	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	42534	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	42531,42548,42549	12537
Manganhumite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₇(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂			1	42564	14
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO			1	42564	73
Mannardite ()*	Coronadite	Ba(Ti₆V³⁺₂)O₁₆	443.8	419.2	1	42516	12
Mercury ()*	None	Hg			1	42537	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS			1	42537	255
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	42525	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	443.8	419.2	17	42513,42515,42516,42520,42522,42523,42534,42540,42541,42543,42547,42549,42550,42561,42562,42564,42565	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se			1	42540	192
Norsethite ()*	None	BaMg(CO₃)₂			1	42563	30
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	42523	511
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O			1	42564	43
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	443.8	419.2	20	42509,42515,42516,42522,42523,42533,42534,42537,42539,42540,42542,42543,42544,42547,42548,42549,42550,42562,42563,42565	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	42563,42564	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	42564	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			4	42534,42540,42542,42547	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	443.8	419.2	33	42509,42513,42515,42516,42517,42520,42522,42523,42528,42531,42534,42537,42538,42539,42540,42541,42542,42543,42547,42549,42550,42553,42554,42555,42556,42557,42558,42559,42561,42562,42563,42564,42565	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	42523	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			2	42563,42564	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	42564	969
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	443.8	419.2	1	42516	253
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			3	42512,42518,42534	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	42523	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	42547,42563	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			4	42547,42549,42550,42565	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	42564	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	443.8	419.2	24	42508,42516,42527,42528,42531,42534,42537,42540,42543,42546,42547,42548,42549,42550,42551,42553,42554,42555,42556,42557,42558,42559,42562,42565	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			3	42523,42537,42538	3418
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	443.8	419.2	1	42516	48
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	42534	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	42517	1059
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O			1	42509	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	42517	2718
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	42537	369
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	443.8	419.2	3	42516,42543,42562	251
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	42509	62
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS			3	42549,42555,42565	372
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	42550	98

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Michelle_0059	Lenticular witherite and witherite-barite lenses hosted in slaty carboniferous-siliceous rocks of the lower Silurian

1 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
	Michelle_0059	443.8	419.2	443.8–419.2	Stratigraphy	Age of mineralization									728	Shiti Mine, Hanbin District, Ankang, Shaanxi, China	Shiti Baryte Deposit	Liu et al. (2014)		ESF21_23	Orebodies coev with host rocks.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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