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Locality Name:
Yindongzi Pb-Ag Deposit, Zhashui Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 374
Youngest recorded age at locality: 342

mindat Locality ID: 144136
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144136.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yindongzi Pb-Ag Deposit, Zhashui Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 33°40'0"N
Longitude: 108°35'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.666666666667,108.58611111111
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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparMarcasiteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteTourmaline

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S37434202793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)37434208803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)237434203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS37434209052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)374342011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)374342027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S37434205707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2374342027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)237434209895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)3743420648
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123743420663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS374342024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4374342014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS237434205674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS237434205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2374342017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2374342039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S837434209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2374342061156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)37434202705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)37434206417
Silver  (*)CopperAg37434205186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS374342021482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1337434201803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1337434205317


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
sedznpb-00188374342374–342        144136Yindongzi Pb-Ag Deposit, Zhashui Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, ChinaYindongziSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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