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Locality Name:
Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 144454
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144454.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baoqing Co.
Jixian Co.
Lingdong District

Latitude: 46°28'9"N
Longitude: 131°8'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 46.469166666667,131.14333333333
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 Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteVesuvianiteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Gold  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)220166239497,394993419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1394998803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51394991310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS20166239497,394989052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61395032060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)220166239497,394995509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi201661394971966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3201661394971935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420166239497,394995516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2016613949727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S20166239497,394995707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220166239497,3949927198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS201661394974165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O620166339497,39499,395034135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21395019895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20166239497,394998173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2201661394979617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20166239497,3949924243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS20166139497131
Gold  (*)CopperAu20166239497,3949830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC20166239497,395012812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3201661394971544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O320166339497,39499,3950314640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3201661394975433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4201661394975591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O420166339497,39499,3950314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)220166239497,3949912537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201661394975674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)201661394974924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS220166239497,394995800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22016613949717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220166339497,39499,3950339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)220166139497771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8201661394979056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220166439497,39499,39501,3950361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1395034894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O201661394971153
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51395011516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2016613949721482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3201661394973418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13201661394975317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O201661394974899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)220166239497,394992562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10201661394971395
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)201661394975251


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
Chen2007tbl01-5820166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum 144443Laozuoshan Mine, Baoqing Co., Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, ChinaLaozuoshan, Qitaihe, HeilongjiangChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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