Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 196
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121.8

mindat Locality ID: 144545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 27°50'0"N
Longitude: 118°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.833333333333,118.5

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	None	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

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: C Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu Fe Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite None Pyrite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	196	121.8	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	196	121.8	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	196	121.8	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	196	121.8	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	196	121.8	39462
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	196	121.8	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	196	121.8	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	196	121.8	21482
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	196	121.8	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	196	121.8	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001122	MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001123	MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001124	MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0001122	123.6	122.2	122.9±0.7	K-Ar	phlogopite	Phlogopite	144545	Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China	Yangdun	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001123	123.2	121.8	122.5±0.7	K-Ar	phlogopite	Phlogopite	144545	Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China	Yangdun	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001124	196	180	118±8	Rb-Sr			144545	Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China	Yangdun	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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