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Locality Name:
Dajishan Mine (Tachishan Mine), Quannan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 158.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 152.6

mindat Locality ID: 144268
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144268.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dajishan Mine (Tachishan Mine), Quannan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°34'59"N
Longitude: 114°22'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.583055555556,114.38305555556

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 As Be Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Th Ti U W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ta Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenicArsenopyriteBerylCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazZircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bertrandite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)Epidote  (*)Euxenite-(Y)  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Helvine  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ixiolite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)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)158.2152.608803
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs158.2152.60379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS158.2152.609052
Bertrandite  (*)Not in a structural groupBe4Si2O7(OH)2158.2152.60606
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18158.2152.604286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi158.2152.601966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3158.2152.601935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)158.2152.6027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2158.2152.605171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2158.2152.6027198
Columbite-(Mn)  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Nb2O6158.2152.60289
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)158.2152.608173
Euxenite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteY(NbTi)O6158.2152.60414
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)158.2152.60551
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F158.2152.602740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2158.2152.609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS158.2152.6024243
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S158.2152.60237
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)158.2152.60469
Ixiolite  (*)Columbite(Ta2/3Mn2+1/3)O2158.2152.60148
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4158.2152.605591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4158.2152.6014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)158.2152.604924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2158.2152.605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2158.2152.6017380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)158.2152.60326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2158.2152.6039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8158.2152.609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2158.2152.6061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2158.2152.605614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8158.2152.60353
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)158.2152.604894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3158.2152.601214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS158.2152.6021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4158.2152.60668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13158.2152.605317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O158.2152.604899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2158.2152.601476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)158.2152.60939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)158.2152.605251



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
Kristen001990158.2158.2158.2 mineralization age     W144268Dajishan Mine (Tachishan Mine), Quannan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaDajishanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen001991152.6152.6152.6 mineralization age     W144268Dajishan Mine (Tachishan Mine), Quannan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaDajishanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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