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Locality Name:
Tianbaoshan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 190.3

mindat Locality ID: 146948
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146948.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tianbaoshan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 26°58'0"N
Longitude: 102°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.966666666667,102.25

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Greenockite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1000	190.3	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1000	190.3	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1000	190.3	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1000	190.3	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	190.3	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1000	190.3	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1000	190.3	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1000	190.3	27198
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1000	190.3	126
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1000	190.3	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1000	190.3	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1000	190.3	24243
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1000	190.3	717
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1000	190.3	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1000	190.3	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1000	190.3	1487
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1000	190.3	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1000	190.3	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1000	190.3	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1000	190.3	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1000	190.3	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1000	190.3	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1000	190.3	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	275	269	5251

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedcu-00357	1500	1500	Mid Proterozoic				Yes		Cu	153539	Luchang-Datongchang Ag-Cu Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	HuiLi	Cox et al. (2003)	USGSOFR03_107
OGR80_1111_0001	275	269	272 ± 3	U-Pb	host rock	zircon		Zircon		146948	Tianbaoshan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Tianbaoshan deposit	Wang (2017)	OGR80_1111
OGR80_1111_0002	200.3	190.3	195.3 ± 5	Re-Os	mineralization	molybdenite		Molybdenite		146948	Tianbaoshan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Tianbaoshan deposit	Wang (2017)	OGR80_1111
OGR80_1111_0003	199.3	193.3	196.3 ± 3	Re-Os	mineralization	molybdenite		Molybdenite		146948	Tianbaoshan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Tianbaoshan deposit	Wang (2017)	OGR80_1111
sedexmvt-00110	1000	541	Neoproterozoic		host rock age					146948	Tianbaoshan Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Huili Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China	Tianbaoshan	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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