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Locality Name:
Xinzhou, Shanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2518
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2496

mindat Locality ID: 144550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinzhou, Shanxi, China": 58
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Baode Co.
Dai Co.
Dingxiang Co.
Fanshi Co.
Ningwu Co.
Wutai Co.
Wuzhai Co.
Yuanping Co.

Latitude: 39°2'39"N
Longitude: 112°45'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.044166666667,112.75722222222

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Bournonite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Chlorite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Bournonite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Chlorite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Stilpnomelane Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

77 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Anatase ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cordierite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gedrite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lead ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Proustite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Wollastonite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	43222,43242	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			8	43223,43224,43225,43232,43237,43242,43269,43271	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	43242	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			13	43223,43224,43225,43226,43229,43237,43239,43253,43254,43262,43263,43268,43271	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	43229	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			3	43219,43220,43274	2162
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	43229	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			6	43226,43253,43254,43260,43262,43271	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			4	43223,43224,43269,43271	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			5	43222,43239,43242,43254,43263	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	43271	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	43219,43239	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			1	43274	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			4	43222,43242,43260,43273	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	43239	1089
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			2	43248,43258	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			14	43222,43225,43232,43235,43237,43239,43240,43242,43254,43259,43260,43268,43271,43273	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			5	43222,43239,43242,43254,43260	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			18	43222,43224,43225,43226,43235,43237,43239,43240,43241,43242,43253,43254,43259,43260,43262,43263,43268,43273	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	43274	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	43242	1382
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂			1	43254	376
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	43223	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	43229	1008
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	43273	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4	43222,43239,43242,43254	4165
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	43225,43237	327
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			5	43219,43220,43244,43245,43274	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	43242	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	43242,43271	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			9	43225,43237,43240,43242,43247,43254,43260,43271,43273	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			6	43225,43229,43237,43239,43242,43271	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	43273	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			11	43219,43220,43222,43235,43239,43240,43242,43254,43259,43263,43273	24243
Gedrite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43229	178
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			4	43220,43263,43268,43274	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2518	2496	14	43226,43235,43236,43239,43240,43242,43247,43253,43254,43260,43262,43263,43268,43273	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	43222	2812
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43247	223
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			2	43222,43274	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			12	43220,43224,43225,43226,43232,43237,43240,43242,43247,43256,43260,43271	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	43224,43242	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			6	43219,43220,43239,43242,43245,43274	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			2	43229,43271	1507
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb			1	43273	192
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	43229	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			22	43222,43224,43225,43226,43232,43237,43240,43242,43247,43249,43251,43253,43254,43259,43260,43262,43263,43265,43266,43268,43271,43273	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	43260	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			6	43222,43225,43237,43239,43259,43268	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	43242	252
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	43232	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			4	43222,43241,43242,43254	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			16	43222,43225,43226,43232,43237,43239,43242,43253,43254,43260,43262,43263,43268,43271,43273,43274	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	43242	511
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃			2	43222,43239	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	43222,43239	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			20	43219,43220,43222,43224,43225,43226,43235,43237,43239,43240,43241,43242,43253,43254,43259,43260,43262,43263,43268,43273	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			13	43222,43224,43225,43226,43237,43239,43240,43253,43254,43259,43260,43262,43273	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2518	2496	29	43222,43223,43224,43225,43226,43232,43235,43236,43237,43239,43240,43242,43247,43249,43251,43253,43254,43256,43257,43259,43260,43262,43263,43265,43266,43268,43271,43273,43274	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	43239	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			7	43219,43222,43223,43224,43229,43242,43263	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			13	43225,43226,43237,43239,43247,43253,43254,43259,43260,43262,43263,43268,43273	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	43229	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			4	43222,43239,43240,43242	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			7	43222,43235,43239,43240,43242,43254,43259	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)			2	43229,43271	978
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	43271	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	43224	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	43242	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			3	43222,43239,43242	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	43222,43224,43271	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	43223,43224	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	43258	2718
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	43223	652
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			1	43269	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			5	43219,43220,43225,43237,43254	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	43271	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_002	2518	2496	2507±11	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			234383	Xinzhuang Au Deposit, Fanshi Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China	Xinzhuang	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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