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Locality Name:
Zhengguang Au Deposit, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 492

mindat Locality ID: 145582
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145582.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhengguang Au Deposit, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 50°12'15"N
Longitude: 125°52'60"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 50.204166666667,125.88333333333
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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteEpidoteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)520492027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2520492027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS52049204165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)52049208173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS520492024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu520492030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3520492014640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4520492014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2520492017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2520492039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S852049209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2520492061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS520492021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1352049205317


3 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
Kristen001923520492506±14Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdenite  142698Duobaoshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaDuobaoshan and Tongshan DepsoitsZhao et al. (1997) AGS8_61 
Mo-00328520492506Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo142698Duobaoshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaDuobaoshan/TongshanZhao et al. (1997) AGS18_61 
Mo-00338520492506±14Re-Os molybdenite  YesMolybdeniteMolybdeniteMo144445Tongshan Mine, Nenjiang Co., Heihe, Heilongjiang, ChinaDuobaoshan/TongshanZhao et al. (1997) AGS18_61 

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