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Locality Name:
Fushun, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 3200
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 143532
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143532.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fushun, Liaoning, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Fushun Co.
Qingyuan Co.
Wanghua District
Xinbin Co.

Latitude: 42°11'13"N
Longitude: 124°29'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.186944444444,124.48527777778

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	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Wurtzite

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Epsomite Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite
Wurtzite

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Goslarite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Massicot ()*	Melanterite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Otavite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rosasite ()*	Saponite ()*
Sauconite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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	3200	3200	1	42046	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3200	3200	1	42046	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1000	541	1	42039	2734
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3200	3200	1	42046	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	541	1	42039	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3200	3200	1	42046	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	3200	541	2	42039,42046	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3200	3200	2	42046,42055	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3200	541	4	42039,42046,42048,42055	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1000	541	1	42039	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	3200	3200	1	42046	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3200	541	2	42039,42046	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3200	541	12	42039,42043,42044,42046,42047,42049,42050,42051,42052,42053,42055,42056	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1000	541	1	42039	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3200	3200	1	42046	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3200	3200	1	42046	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	3200	3200	1	42046	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	3200	541	2	42039,42046	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	3200	3200	1	42046	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3200	3200	1	42046	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3200	3200	1	42046	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	541	2	42039,42040	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3200	3200	2	42046,42048	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3200	3200	1	42046	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3200	541	10	42039,42040,42044,42046,42047,42049,42052,42053,42055,42056	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3200	541	2	42039,42046	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3200	541	12	42039,42042,42044,42045,42046,42047,42048,42049,42052,42053,42055,42056	30554
Goslarite ()*	Epsomite	Zn(SO₄)·7H₂O	3200	541	2	42039,42046	188
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1000	541	1	42039	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1000	541	1	42039	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3200	541	3	42039,42046,42055	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1000	541	1	42039	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1000	541	1	42039	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3200	541	2	42039,42046	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3200	3200	9	42044,42046,42047,42048,42049,42052,42053,42055,42056	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3200	541	2	42039,42046	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3200	3200	1	42046	5674
Massicot ()*	None	PbO	1000	541	1	42039	202
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	3200	3200	1	42046	915
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3200	3200	1	42046	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	3200	3200	1	42046	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3200	3200	10	42043,42044,42046,42047,42048,42049,42052,42053,42055,42056	17380
Otavite ()*	Calcite	Cd(CO₃)	1000	541	1	42039	25
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	3200	3200	1	42046	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3200	541	14	42039,42040,42043,42044,42046,42047,42048,42049,42050,42051,42052,42053,42055,42056	39462
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1000	541	1	42039	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3200	3200	5	42043,42046,42048,42050,42051	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3200	541	10	42039,42044,42045,42046,42047,42049,42052,42053,42055,42056	61156
Rosasite ()*	Malachite	CuZn(CO₃)(OH)₂	1000	541	1	42039	454
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	3200	3200	1	42046	301
Sauconite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Zn₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	1000	541	1	42039	56
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	3200	3200	1	42046	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			6	42043,42044,42047,42052,42053,42055	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1000	541	1	42039	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3200	541	11	42039,42040,42043,42044,42046,42047,42049,42052,42053,42055,42056	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	42055	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			7	42044,42047,42049,42052,42053,42055,42056	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3200	3200	1	42046	2562

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
	sedexmvt-00096	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age									205282	Guanmenshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Fushun Co., Fushun, Liaoning, China	Guanmenshan	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	vms-00398	3200	3200	Archean										S	64183	Hongtoushan Mine, Qingyuan Co., Fushun, Liaoning, China	Hongtoushan	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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