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Locality Name:
Tongjing Mine, Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 145604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongjing Mine, Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 35°35'37"N
Longitude: 118°28'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.593611111111,118.47611111111

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: Ag C Ca Fe Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Fe Mg O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteCopperNonePyriteQuartz

6 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1456602793
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566027770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21456609895
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1456605186



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
Chen2007tbl01-4814566Cretaceous     YesBismuth, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Magnetite, Pyrite 26688Yinan Mine, Yinan Co., Linyi, Shandong, ChinaYinan, , ShandongChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


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