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Locality Name:
Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 149
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 135104
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135104.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Fenghuangshan Mine

Latitude: 30°51'57"N
Longitude: 118°1'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.865833333333,118.02055555556

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Emplectite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

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	145	66	1	37088	3419
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	145	66	1	37088	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	1	37088	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	1	37088	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	37088	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	1	37088	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	145	66	1	37088	154
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	145	66	1	37088	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	1	37088	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	1	37088	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	145	66	1	37088	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	1	37088	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	1	37088	9895
Emplectite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuBiS₂	145	66	1	37088	246
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	1	37088	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	1	37088	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	1	37088	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	1	37088	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	1	37088	804
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	37088	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	1	37088	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	1	37088	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	145	66	1	37088	252
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	37088	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	145	66	1	37088	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	1	37088	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	1	37088	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	1	37088	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	1	37088	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	1	37088	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	145	66	1	37088	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	37088	5317
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	1	37088	1247

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
	RG55_21-00001	149	124	149-124	K-Ar										135104	Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Fenghuangshan	Liu et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.gexplo.2003.08.004	RG55_21
	Chen2007tbl01-41	145	66	Cretaceous									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		135063	Fenghuangshan Mine, Fenghuangshan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Fenghuangshan, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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