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Locality Name:
Xiquegou Pb-Zn Deposit (Xiquigou Pb-Zn Deposit), Qingchengzi Ore Field, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2176
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2062

mindat Locality ID: 143305
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143305.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiquegou Pb-Zn Deposit (Xiquigou Pb-Zn Deposit), Qingchengzi Ore Field, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMarcasiteMicaNickelineNone
OrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Greenockite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S2176206202793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2176206209052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21762062027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS221762062027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22176206209895
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12217620620663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21762062024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu21762062030554
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS217620620717
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22176206205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)221762062017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3217620620511
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS32176206201425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221762062039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82176206209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221762062061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg2176206205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21762062021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4217620620668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132176206205317


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
sedznpb-00177217620622119±57 (Re-Os)Re-Os    Yes  143303Qingchengzi Ore Field, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, ChinaQingchengziSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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