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Locality Name:
Lüliang, Shanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 135
Youngest recorded age at locality: 132

mindat Locality ID: 144552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lüliang, Shanxi, China": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Fangshan Co.
Jiaokou Co.
Lan Co.
Lin Co.
Lishi District
Shilou Co.
Wenshui Co.
Xiaoyi Co.
Zhongyang Co.

Latitude: 37°38'36"N
Longitude: 111°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.643333333333,111.25

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Garnet	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Schorlomite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tausonite ()*
Titanite ()*	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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Sr Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Garnet Kaolinite
Mica None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc Titanite Tridymite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	135	132	1	43190	286
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			2	43184,43203	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	43188	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	43200	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	43184	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	43196	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	43188	577
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	43196	281
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	43196	566
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	43182,43188	327
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			8	43184,43192,43194,43200,43201,43202,43203,43205	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	43200,43203	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	43188	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	43196	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			2	43184,43200	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	43184	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			5	43182,43184,43188,43200,43203	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			9	43184,43192,43194,43196,43200,43201,43202,43203,43205	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	43182,43188	14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	43188	61
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	43184,43188,43196	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	135	132	1	43190	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			2	43188,43196	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			5	43182,43184,43188,43196,43200	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	43203	5614
Schorlomite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Ti₂(SiFe³⁺₂)O₁₂	135	132	1	43190	54
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	43182,43188	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	43196	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			2	43182,43188	456
Tausonite ()*	Perovskite	SrTiO₃	135	132	1	43190	5
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	135	132	1	43190	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	43200,43203	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000759	MAGMATIC STYLE: Carbonatites confined to central core of 23 km2 complex where appears to form veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine syenite, melteigite, syenite, monzonite, pseudoleucite phonolite and trachyte.
Jen_0000760	MAGMATIC STYLE: Carbonatites confined to central core of 23 km2 complex where appears to form veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine syenite, melteigite, syenite, monzonite, pseudoleucite phonolite and trachyte.
Jen_0000761	MAGMATIC STYLE: Carbonatites confined to central core of 23 km2 complex where appears to form veins. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Nepheline-aegirine syenite, melteigite, syenite, monzonite, pseudoleucite phonolite and trachyte.

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Jen_0000759	134.8	134.8	134.8	K-Ar	144551	Zijinshan REE Deposit (Zijingshan REE Deposit), Lin Co., Lüliang, Shanxi, China	Zijinshan	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000760	132	132	132	Rb-Sr	144551	Zijinshan REE Deposit (Zijingshan REE Deposit), Lin Co., Lüliang, Shanxi, China	Zijinshan	Yang and Woolley(2006)		JAES27_559
Jen_0000761	135	135	135	Rb-Sr	144551	Zijinshan REE Deposit (Zijingshan REE Deposit), Lin Co., Lüliang, Shanxi, China	Zijinshan	Yang and Woolley(2006)		JAES27_559
ree-00256	134.8	134.8	134.8 Ma (K-Ar)	K-Ar	144551	Zijinshan REE Deposit (Zijingshan REE Deposit), Lin Co., Lüliang, Shanxi, China	Zijingshan	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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