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Locality Name:
Lijiawan Cu-(Au) Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 145652
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145652.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lijiawan Cu-(Au) Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 29°49'55"N
Longitude: 115°26'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.831944444444,115.44083333333
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 Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedriteWollastonite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21456603419
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1456601966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41456605516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1456605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61456604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21456609895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1456608173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314566014640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te145660804
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21456605800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566017380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2145660409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81456609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1456605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131456605317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3145660297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31456601247


4 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
Chen2007tbl01-1914566Cretaceous     YesBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Electrum 187004Banshan Au-Cu Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, ChinaBanshan, Yangxin, HubeiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Chen2007tbl01-1814566Cretaceous     YesBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 142699Fengshan Mine (Fengshandong Mine), Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, ChinaFengshandong, Yangxin, HubeiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Chen2007tbl01-1714566Cretaceous     YesBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Orpiment, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Realgar, Rhodochrosite, Smithsonite, Sphalerite, Electrum 135018Jilongshan Au-Cu Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, ChinaJilongshan, Yangxin, HubeiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Chen2007tbl01-2014566Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Molybdenite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Wittichenite, Electrum 145652Lijiawan Cu-(Au) Deposit, Fengshan Ore Field, Yangxin Co., Huangshi, Hubei, ChinaLijiawan, Yangxin, HubeiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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