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Locality Name:
Huatong Mine (Huatungkou Mine), Wafangdian Co., Dalian, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 143554
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143554.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huatong Mine (Huatungkou Mine), Wafangdian Co., Dalian, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°2'11"N
Longitude: 121°55'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.036388888889,121.92194444444
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: Al Au B Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au B Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicBerylCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetHumiteLudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteValleriiteVesuvianiteWurtziteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Augite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Humite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Valleriite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22016603419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2016608803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)201660706
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO52016601310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32016601534
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)2016601036
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62016602060
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2016601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S32016601935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42016605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20166027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220166027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2201660285
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82016601756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2201660236
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O182016601008
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3201660802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62016604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22016609895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2016608173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)2016601188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20166024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu20166030554
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2201660209
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F220166080
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)201660134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420166014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220166012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22016605674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22016605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220166017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2016602349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22016602273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220166039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82016609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220166061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)2016604894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52016601516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20166021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42016601934
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)20166087
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S201660510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132016605317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2016604899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22016602562
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]201660237
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)102016601395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2016605251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2016601025


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
Chen2007tbl01-5020166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite 143554Huatong Mine (Huatungkou Mine), Wafangdian Co., Dalian, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, ChinaHuatong, Wafangdian, LiaoningChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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