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Locality Name:
Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Chongren Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 143878
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143878.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Chongren Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Baquan U Deposit (U Deposit No. 617)
Gangshangying U Deposit
Hengjian U Deposit (U Deposit No. 611; Fuzhou Mine)
Heshang U Deposit
Julong'an U-Th Deposit
Shazhou U Deposit (U Deposit No. 615)
Shimashan U Deposit
U Deposit No. 622
U Deposit No. 681
Yuantou U Deposit
Yunji U Deposit (U Deposit No. 628)

Latitude: 27°35'48"N
Longitude: 115°57'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.596666666667,115.95083333333

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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAutuniteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteLöllingite
MarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteWurtziteZircon

57 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Annite  (*)
Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dickite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferrosilite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)
Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorianite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Variscite  (*)
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)541288,41290,41293,41297,412988803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2241290,412922162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21412903092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)20356
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O541289,41290,41293,41294,412981272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14129011547
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6541288,41289,41290,41292,41298248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)841288,41289,41290,41292,41293,41294,41297,4129827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2741288,41289,41290,41293,41294,41297,4129827198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1412931382
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O341289,41290,41298566
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3141290802
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21412939895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1412908173
Ferrosilite  (*)PyroxeneFe2+2Si2O6084
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2841289,41290,41292,41293,41294,41295,41297,412989617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS841288,41289,41290,41292,41293,41294,41297,4129824243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1412926890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3741288,41290,41292,41293,41294,41295,4129814640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)141290123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS20102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41412905591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1412901271
Magnesio-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2080
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414129314899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21412905674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1412901066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2641288,41290,41292,41293,41294,412985800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2641290,41292,41293,41294,41295,4129817380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs141290633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS141290767
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2741288,41289,41290,41292,41293,41297,4129839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81412909056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2441289,41290,41292,4129361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21412925614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs2141290317
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1412906417
Silver  (*)CopperAg241290,412935186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS841288,41289,41290,41292,41293,41294,41297,4129821482
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2241290,41292236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)241290,412921006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O241290,412924899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2941288,41289,41290,41292,41293,41294,41295,41297,412982718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O541289,41290,41293,41294,41298890
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O141290301
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)141292939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1412925251



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