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Locality Name:
Dandong, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2176
Youngest recorded age at locality: 217

mindat Locality ID: 143569
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143569.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dandong, Liaoning, China": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fengcheng Co.
Kuandian Co.
Zhen'an District

Latitude: 40°33'1"N
Longitude: 124°23'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.550277777778,124.39805555556
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 Cd Ce Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb Ni O Pb REE S Sb Si Sn Sr Te Th Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBrookite
BruciteCalciteCancriniteCatapleiiteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDigeniteEpidoteEudialyteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteKaolinite
KobelliteLöllingiteLabuntsoviteLepidocrociteLudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNatrolite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPectolitePentlanditePerovskitePolybasitePyrite
PyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteWarwickiteWurtziteZircon

113 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)
Allargentum  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Catapleiite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Eudialyte  (*)Fengchengite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hezuolinite  (*)Humite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lamprophyllite  (*)
Lepidocrocite  (*)Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Maghemite  (*)Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Nenadkevichite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Richterite  (*)Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Sinhalite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Strontianite  (*)Suanite  (*)
Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)
Witherite  (*)Yuanfuliite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S21762062641989,41993,41997,41998,41999,420272793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21420043419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6245217242002,420031022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6245217142002286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)245217642002,42004,42014,42026,42027,420288803
Allargentum  (*)AllargentumAg1-xSbx (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)2176206214199869
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O2452171420021627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO22452171420022162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)32452171420021534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1420281588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2217620621419963092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4142004708
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2245217142002295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS217620621341982,41989,41991,41993,41994,41996,41997,41998,41999,42020,42027,42035,420369052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21420275509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)21762062241999,4202011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi21762062241982,420361966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3242035,420361935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS421762062341981,42027,420365516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1121762062141981843
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2245217142002700
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2242004,42028462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)21762171841982,41989,41993,41996,41997,41998,41999,42002,42004,42020,42024,42025,42026,42027,42028,42034,42035,4203627770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O245217142002232
Catapleiite  (*)CatapleiiteNa2Zr(Si3O9)·2H2O245217142002113
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1420274979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S21762062341998,42027,420345707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS221762172241982,41989,41991,41993,41994,41996,41997,41998,41999,42002,42004,42013,42014,42016,42018,42020,42021,42025,42026,42034,42035,4203627198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2242004,42028285
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2142004236
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS442013,42018,42021,42027966
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1420274165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1420271027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62176217741999,42002,42004,42020,42025,42027,420284135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2217620621441982,41989,41993,41996,41997,41998,41999,42004,42015,42019,42020,42028,42034,420359895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2142004160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)21762062441982,42023,42025,420268173
Eudialyte  (*)EudialyteNa15Ca6Fe3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(O,OH,H2O)3(Cl,OH)2245217142002182
Fengchengite  (*)EudialyteNa12   3Ca6Fe3+3Zr3Si(Si25O73)(H2O)3(OH)21420011
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22176217441981,42002,42020,420369617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)245217542002,42004,42020,42028,420301188
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1221762062541989,41993,41997,41998,42027663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS321762062141998105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS21762172441982,41984,41985,41987,41988,41989,41991,41993,41994,41996,41997,41998,41999,42002,42011,42014,42016,42020,42024,42026,42027,42034,42035,4203624243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4142036192
Gold  (*)CopperAu217620621341982,41991,41994,41996,41997,41998,42016,42023,42025,42027,42034,42035,4203630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC21762062941982,41996,41998,41999,42004,42016,42024,42027,420352812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS21762062241993,41997717
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314202514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te21762062141998804
Hezuolinite  (*)Chevkinite(Sr,REE)4Zr(Ti,Fe3+,Fe2+)2Ti2O8(Si2O7)2242000,420031
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F2245217242002,4202880
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32452171420025433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)421762062541982,41996,42014,42027,420365591
Lamprophyllite  (*)None(SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)224521714200263
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)142004581
Loparite-(Ce)  (*)Perovskite(Na,Ce,Sr)(Ce,Th)(Ti,Nb)2O624521714200257
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)142004134
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4142004229
Magnesio-arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Mg4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)224521714200279
Magnesio-riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)224521714200293
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)642004,42015,42019,42029,42030,420311487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4217620621041991,41996,42004,42005,42013,42015,42018,42021,42025,4202714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)221762062241982,4203412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS221762062741993,41994,41996,41997,41999,42020,420275674
Melanocerite-(Ce)  (*)ApatiteCe5(SiO4,BO4)3(OH,O)2452171420007
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS221762062141998300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2176217541996,42002,42004,42015,420284924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2342023,42025,420265800
Mosandrite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)[(H2O)2Ca0.5   0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2245217242002,4200345
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)221762171641982,41993,41996,41997,41998,41999,42002,42014,42015,42016,42023,42024,42026,42027,42035,4203617380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2452171420021236
Nenadkevichite  (*)Labuntsovite(Na,   )8Nb4(Si4O12)2(O,OH)4·8H2O24521714200219
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)245217242002,42003884
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S321762062341993,41997,41999511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2176217241982,420022349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)245217142002363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81420041512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2245217642002,42004,42015,42019,42020,420282273
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]21762062141998716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS321762062541982,41989,41993,41997,419981425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS221762172641982,41988,41989,41991,41993,41994,41996,41997,41998,41999,42002,42004,42013,42014,42016,42018,42020,42021,42023,42024,42025,42026,42027,42034,42035,4203639462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)221762062141982771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8217620621741982,41989,41991,41993,41994,41997,41998,41999,42004,42013,42018,42020,42021,42025,42027,42035,420369056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO221762172541981,41982,41989,41991,41993,41996,41997,41998,41999,42002,42004,42013,42014,42015,42016,42018,42020,42021,42023,42024,42025,42026,42027,42035,4203661156
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2245217142002148
Rinkite-(Ce)  (*)None(Ca3REE)Na(NaCa)Ti(Si2O7)2(OF)F224521714200253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2242004,420275614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2142027317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)242035,420364894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5442014,42027,42028,420351516
Silver  (*)CopperAg21762062841982,41989,41993,41996,41997,41998,42027,420365186
Sinhalite  (*)OlivineMgAl(BO4)14203020
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)217620621419812473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS21762172441982,41984,41985,41987,41988,41989,41991,41993,41994,41996,41997,41998,41999,42002,42011,42014,42020,42024,42025,42026,42027,42034,42035,4203621482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42452171420021934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS421762062241993,41997668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS421762062241989,41998586
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)245217142002589
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O5442004,42015,42028,4203016
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)642004,42005,42015,42019,42028,4203087
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2242004,420283337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13217620621419911803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1321762062741982,41989,41993,41997,41998,41999,420275317
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2245217142002236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2452171420021006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O245217242002,420274899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22176217641991,41999,42002,42004,42020,420282562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2245217242002,420042718
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)14200462
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)21762062141999251
Yuanfuliite  (*)WarwickiteMg(Fe3+,Al)O(BO3)242028,420304
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)245217242002,420275251


2 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       143303Qingchengzi Ore Field, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, ChinaQingchengziSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
ree-00264245217217-245 Ma        5544Saima U-REE Deposit, Saima Complex, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, ChinaSaimaOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 

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