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Locality Name:
Baocun Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 135087
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135087.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baocun Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°55'40"N
Longitude: 117°55'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.927777777778,117.92361111111
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayClinozoisite
CopperCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparKobelliteLillianiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePavonitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Emplectite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Greigite  (*)Gustavite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pavonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1456602793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21456603419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1456609052
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3145660214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1456601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31456601935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)145660716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41456605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1456605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566027198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5145660344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3145660802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61456604135
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2145660246
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1456608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566024243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4145660192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1456607437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566030554
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S414566062
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S6145660113
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3145660104
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566014899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi14566088
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21456605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1456602349
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S514566072
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81456609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1456606417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1456605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131456605317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21456602562


10 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
DeepDive-Co-0054145135145-135U-Pbcomposite of U-Pb zircon ages of Igneous rocks within the ore field: small intrusions or dykes emplaced at intermediate to shallow depths, mainlyintermediate to felsic quartz monzodiorites, granodiorites, pyroxene monzodiorites, and adamellite porphyries   Yes  135086Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaShizishan ore fieldXu et al. (2011)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.09.012OGR43_347composite of U-Pb zircon ages of Igneous rocks within the ore field: small intrusions or dykes emplaced at intermediate to shallow depths, mainlyintermediate to felsic quartz monzodiorites, granodiorites, pyroxene monzodiorites, and adamellite porphyries
Chen2007tbl01-3814566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum 135087Baocun Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaBaocun, Tongling, AnhuiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
IGR50_392-00001150.9131.1141±9.9Re-Os pyrrhotite  YesPyrrhotite  135088Chaoshan Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaChaoshan gold depositWang et al (2008)10.2747/0020-6814.50.4.392IGR50_392 
Mo-00260141137139±2Re-Os molybdeniteDtsZK231-1 YesMolybdenite Mo52165Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaDatuanshanMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00261142.4137.4139.9±2.5Re-Os molybdeniteDtsZK231-2 YesMolybdenite Mo52165Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaDatuanshanMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00262142.2137139.6±2.6Re-Os molybdenitedtsZK231-3 YesMolybdenite Mo52165Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaDatuanshanMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00263141.2134.8138±3.2Re-Os molybdenitedtsZK38151 YesMolybdenite Mo52165Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaDatuanshanMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00264142.8138.8140.8±2Re-Os molybdenitedtsZK38152 YesMolybdenite Mo52165Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaDatuanshanMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00265140.7136.7138.7±2Re-Os molybdenitedtsZK38152 YesMolybdenite Mo52165Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaDatuanshanMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Chen2007tbl01-3714566Cretaceous     YesArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite 135083Shizishan Cu-Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, ChinaShizishan, Tongling, AnhuiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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