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Locality Name:
Chaoyang, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1175
Youngest recorded age at locality: 159.1

mindat Locality ID: 135295
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135295.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaoyang, Liaoning, China": 54
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 44

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Beipiao Co.
Chaoyang Co.
Jianping Co.
Kazuo Co. (Harqin Left Banner)
Lingyuan Co.
Longcheng District

Latitude: 41°29'51"N
Longitude: 119°53'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.4975,119.88777777778

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Bixbyite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Descloizite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrosmalite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Tridymite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

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 Be Bi C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Bixbyite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Descloizite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Humite Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrosmalite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Tridymite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

86 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bixbyite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*
Carrollite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*
Descloizite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Hausmannite ()*
Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tephroite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vernadite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	165.8	159.1	1	41956	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	165.8	159.1	2	41925,41956	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	165.8	159.1	10	41926,41932,41935,41938,41955,41956,41965,41966,41969,41972	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1175	159.1	2	41946,41956	1534
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	41972	295
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			8	41926,41929,41930,41932,41935,41955,41966,41969	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	165.8	159.1	2	41929,41956	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	41958	4286
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	165.8	159.1	2	41956,41969	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	165.8	159.1	6	41926,41932,41935,41955,41956,41969	1935
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1175	1170	1	41946	104
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	165.8	159.1	1	41956	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1175	1170	1	41946	483
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1175	1170	1	41946	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1175	159.1	12	41929,41930,41931,41935,41937,41946,41955,41956,41965,41966,41969,41972	27770
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1175	1170	1	41946	154
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1175	1170	7	41926,41932,41935,41946,41955,41969,41972	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1175	159.1	16	41926,41929,41930,41931,41932,41935,41937,41946,41955,41956,41965,41966,41967,41969,41970,41972	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	165.8	159.1	1	41956	285
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	41938,41959	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	41941	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	41966	2600
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	165.8	159.1	1	41956	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1175	1170	2	41929,41946	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1175	1170	1	41946	599
Descloizite ()*	Descloizite	PbZn(VO₄)(OH)	165.8	159.1	1	41956	378
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1175	159.1	4	41941,41946,41956,41972	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1175	159.1	7	41935,41946,41956,41962,41965,41969,41972	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	165.8	159.1	3	41929,41956,41966	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	41958	414
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	165.8	159.1	1	41956	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	165.8	159.1	3	41929,41956,41972	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	165.8	159.1	1	41956	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1175	159.1	15	41926,41929,41930,41931,41932,41935,41937,41946,41955,41956,41965,41966,41967,41969,41972	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	41969	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1175	159.1	3	41946,41956,41970	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			17	41926,41929,41930,41931,41932,41935,41936,41937,41951,41955,41965,41966,41967,41969,41970,41971,41973	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1175	1170	1	41946	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1175	159.1	2	41946,41956	1544
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1175	1170	1	41946	350
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	165.8	159.1	1	41956	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1175	159.1	6	41925,41946,41956,41970,41975,41977	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	165.8	159.1	1	41956	804
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1175	1170	1	41946	172
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	165.8	159.1	1	41956	86
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			5	41929,41937,41955,41969,41972	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1175	1170	1	41946	234
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	165.8	159.1	1	41956	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1175	159.1	8	41925,41944,41946,41956,41962,41966,41969,41972	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	165.8	159.1	2	41929,41956	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1175	1170	2	41946,41977	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1175	159.1	2	41946,41956	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	165.8	159.1	1	41956	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41958	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	165.8	159.1	9	41926,41932,41935,41955,41956,41962,41969,41970,41972	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	41929,41954	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1175	159.1	15	41926,41929,41930,41931,41932,41935,41937,41946,41955,41956,41965,41966,41967,41969,41972	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)			1	41972	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	165.8	159.1	2	41956,41972	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	165.8	159.1	2	41956,41972	2273
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			1	41929	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	41929	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1175	159.1	19	41925,41926,41929,41930,41931,41932,41935,41936,41937,41946,41955,41956,41960,41965,41966,41967,41969,41972,41975	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1175	1170	2	41946,41977	3106
Pyrosmalite-(Mn) ()*	Pyrosmalite Clay	Mn²⁺₈Si₆O₁₅(OH,Cl)₁₀	1175	1170	1	41946	25
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1175	1170	1	41946	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1175	159.1	6	41929,41937,41946,41956,41966,41972	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1175	159.1	21	41925,41926,41929,41930,41931,41932,41935,41936,41937,41946,41951,41955,41956,41960,41962,41965,41966,41967,41969,41972,41973	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1175	1170	3	41946,41974,41977	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	41958	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	165.8	159.1	3	41956,41966,41972	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1175	1170	3	41946,41969,41975	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	165.8	159.1	1	41956	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1175	1170	1	41946	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1175	159.1	15	41926,41929,41930,41931,41932,41935,41937,41946,41955,41956,41965,41966,41967,41969,41972	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	165.8	159.1	3	41941,41956,41959	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	165.8	159.1	1	41956	190
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1175	1170	1	41946	240
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	165.8	159.1	1	41956	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	41929,41930	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	41972	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	165.8	159.1	3	41925,41941,41956	2562
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1175	1170	1	41946	65
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	165.8	159.1	1	41956	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	165.8	159.1	2	41950,41956	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	41938	5251

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
	DeepDive-Co-0032	1175	1170	1175-1170	Ar-Ar	age of the Tieling Formation		glauconite							143296	Wafangzi Fe-Mn Deposit, Chaoyang Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China	Wafangzi ferromanganese deposit	Fan et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00013-X	OGR15_31	age of the Tieling Formation
	Kristen002251	165.8	159.1	165.8-159.1	Re-Os	mineralization age		molybdenite				Molybdenite		Mo	143386	Xiaojiayingzi Cu-Mo-(Fe) Deposit, Jianping Co., Chaoyang, Liaoning, China	Xiaojiayingzi	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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