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Locality Name:
Bentou U Deposit (Benti U Deposit; Sanbaqi U Deposit; U Deposit No. 387), Lanshan Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 340
Youngest recorded age at locality: 30

mindat Locality ID: 143785
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143785.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bentou U Deposit (Benti U Deposit; Sanbaqi U Deposit; U Deposit No. 387), Lanshan Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, 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

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Ullmannite
Zircon

Antimonselite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si U Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline
None Orpiment Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Ullmannite
Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Antimonselite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂Se₃	340	30	7
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	340	30	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	340	30	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	135	30	566
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	340	30	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	340	30	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	340	30	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	340	30	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	340	30	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	340	30	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	340	30	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	340	30	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	340	30	633
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	340	30	511
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	340	30	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	340	30	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	340	30	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	340	30	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	340	30	3418
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	340	30	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	135	30	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	340	30	380

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000897	The Benti U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000898	The Benti U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000899	The Benti U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000900	The Benti U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000901	The Benti U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China

5 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	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
Giersdorf_00000897	340	340	340		wall rock age						143785	Bentou U Deposit (Benti U Deposit; Sanbaqi U Deposit; U Deposit No. 387), Lanshan Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China	Benti U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	Relative Geological Age applied to the wall rock
Giersdorf_00000898	135	135	135	U-Pb	mineralization age	high	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	143785	Bentou U Deposit (Benti U Deposit; Sanbaqi U Deposit; U Deposit No. 387), Lanshan Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China	Benti U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Giersdorf_00000899	119	119	119	U-Pb	mineralization age	high	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	143785	Bentou U Deposit (Benti U Deposit; Sanbaqi U Deposit; U Deposit No. 387), Lanshan Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China	Benti U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Giersdorf_00000900	65	65	65	U-Pb	mineralization age	high	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	143785	Bentou U Deposit (Benti U Deposit; Sanbaqi U Deposit; U Deposit No. 387), Lanshan Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China	Benti U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Giersdorf_00000901	30	30	30	U-Pb	mineralization age	high	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	143785	Bentou U Deposit (Benti U Deposit; Sanbaqi U Deposit; U Deposit No. 387), Lanshan Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China	Benti U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality

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