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Locality Name:
Nanyang, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 386
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 135149
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135149.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanyang, Henan, China": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Fangcheng Co.
Nanzhao Co.
Neixiang Co.
Tanghe Co.
Tongbai Co.
Wancheng District
Xichuan Co.
Xixia Co.
Zhenping Co.

Latitude: 33°12'49"N
Longitude: 112°12'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.213611111111,112.21388888889
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 Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteBraunite
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCubaniteDiamondDigeniteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumIronJalpaiteKaoliniteMalachiteMeloniteMica
MolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNoneNorthupiteNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePerovskitePolybasite
PrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepioliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite
SpinelStauroliteStibniteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTourmalineWurtzite
Zirconhauchecornite

114 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)Barroisite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismutohauchecornite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Chromium  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diaphorite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hinsdalite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnesiochromite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Manganite  (*)Margarite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)
Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nahcolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Northupite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pearceite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pilsenite  (*)Platinum  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Shortite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tin  (*)Titanite  (*)Tongbaite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Trona  (*)Violarite  (*)Volkonskoite  (*)Wegscheiderite  (*)Weishanite  (*)
Woodhouseite  (*)Zinc  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S386360539668,39672,39688,39689,396902793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2386360239687,397133419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)839668,39681,39685,39693,39702,39705,39706,397098803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe139684489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6139699966
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2386360239688,396902162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51397081310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21396683092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1396951036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS386360439672,39688,39690,397159052
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe139684166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2386360339688,39690,397045509
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)213968149
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)739665,39666,39685,39693,39699,39713,3971511547
Bismutohauchecornite  (*)hauchecorniteNi9Bi2S81396847
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4386360539658,39665,39668,39688,396905516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)139658483
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2386360139690361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3863601139658,39671,39672,39678,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39699,3971327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)386360239688,396904979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S339658,39668,396995707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O386360239688,39690197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23863602139658,39665,39666,39668,39671,39672,39675,39683,39684,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693,39699,39704,39706,39707,39708,3971327198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl386360239688,396901382
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4239675,396953902
Chromium  (*)IronCr239684,3969926
Copper  (*)CopperCu386360439684,39688,39690,396993846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6386360239688,39690151
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3139684802
Diamond  (*)DiamondC139684697
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S8386360139687126
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S3863601396901027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6339684,39699,397134135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2386360539658,39678,39690,39691,397059895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6239675,39684944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)739657,39665,39672,39681,39683,39695,397138173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2386360439659,39688,39690,397049617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)239675,396841188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3863601839658,39665,39666,39668,39671,39672,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693,39699,39704,39705,39713,3971524243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2139681286
Gold  (*)CopperAu3863601339669,39671,39672,39683,39684,39688,39690,39692,39698,39699,39700,39704,3970930554
Graphite  (*)NoneC386360539680,39688,39690,39696,397092812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1396786890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl239678,396911398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3386360839657,39658,39671,39685,39688,39690,39699,3970814640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te239668,39704804
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6386360239688,3969082
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3386360639681,39684,39685,39688,39690,397025433
Iron  (*)IronFe1396841089
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2386360239688,39690116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6386360439688,39690,39699,397042228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4386360539690,39699,39704,39706,397095591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4239680,396961507
Lead  (*)CopperPb386360339684,39688,39690192
Magnesiochromite  (*)SpinelMgCr2O4139684311
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4386360939675,39683,39684,39685,39688,39690,39699,39708,3971314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2386360639665,39668,39688,39690,39704,3970612537
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)386360139688770
Margarite  (*)Mica ClayCaAl2Si2Al2O10(OH)2139695168
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS2386360239688,39690300
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O139678223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2639659,39662,39668,39713,39714,397155800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23863602039665,39668,39671,39672,39680,39681,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39695,39696,39699,39704,39706,39708,39709,3971317380
Nahcolite  (*)NoneNaH(CO3)239678,3969178
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O1396781236
Northupite  (*)NorthupiteNa3Mg(CO3)2Cl13969131
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6139681229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1396992349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]386360139687249
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8239675,396841512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2239684,396952273
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te313970457
Platinum  (*)CopperPt139684485
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6386360239688,39690477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]386360139687716
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21396951898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3386360239688,39690733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3386360239688,396901425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23863602739658,39665,39666,39668,39669,39671,39672,39678,39683,39684,39685,39688,39689,39690,39691,39692,39693,39699,39702,39704,39705,39706,39707,39708,39709,39713,3971539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2386360239688,396903106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl386360239688,396901725
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3139684341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83863601039658,39671,39672,39675,39684,39688,39690,39704,39705,397139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23863602539657,39665,39666,39668,39669,39671,39672,39680,39681,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693,39696,39699,39704,39705,39706,39708,39709,39713,3971561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23863601139657,39660,39680,39681,39685,39688,39690,39696,39699,39702,397035614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3863601396884894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1397042705
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O239701,39711241
Shortite  (*)NoneNa2Ca2(CO3)3239678,3969137
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)386360239688,396906417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51397131516
Silver  (*)CopperAg386360639668,39672,39688,39689,39690,396995186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3863601396882473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3863601739658,39665,39666,39668,39671,39672,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693,39699,39704,39713,3971521482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)139708978
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3239685,397153418
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS386360239688,39690332
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4386360239688,39690337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21396753337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13386360339672,39688,396905317
Tin  (*)NoneSn13969963
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O339681,39695,397024899
Tongbaite  (*)NoneCr3C21396843
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2239680,396961476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2386360339687,39695,397132562
Trona  (*)NoneNa3(HCO3)(CO3)·2H2O339677,39678,39691129
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4139684380
Volkonskoite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteCa0.3(Cr,Mg)2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O13969522
Wegscheiderite  (*)NoneNa5H3(CO3)41396788
Weishanite  (*)None(Au,Ag,Hg)3863601396883
Woodhouseite  (*)AluniteCaAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6239680,3969662
Zinc  (*)NoneZn13969952
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)386360239688,396905251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1396951025


1 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
Hg-00118386360 Ar-Ar     WeishaniteHg156832Weishancheng Ore Field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China Jiang et al. (2009) (abstract) MD28_63 

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