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Locality Name:
Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 145644
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145644.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°25'30"N
Longitude: 117°17'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.425,117.28583333333

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Wollastonite

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Zn

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Talc Wollastonite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	145	66	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	145	66	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	145	66	741
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	145	66	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	1247

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
	Chen2007tbl01-33	145	66	Cretaceous									Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite		145644	Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China	Tongshan, Guichi, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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