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Locality Name:
Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 156210
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156210.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China": 60
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Chenggu Co.
Foping Co.
Hantai District
Lüeyang Co.
Mian Co.
Nanzheng Co.
Ningqiang Co.
Xixiang Co.
Yang Co.
Zhenba Co.

Latitude: 33°7'28"N
Longitude: 106°50'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.124444444444,106.84305555556
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 As Au Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Sc Si Sr Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cr O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAuricuprideBaryteBrauniteBrucite
CalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteChalcopyriteChloriteChloritoidClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteHydrotalcite
IronKaoliniteMagnetoplumbiteMalachiteMarcasiteMelanteriteMeliliteMicaMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentPentlanditePerovskitePseudobrookitePyritePyrophyllite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSepioliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodalite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTridymiteWollastoniteWurtzite
Zircon

139 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Åkermanite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)
Alleghanyite  (*)Allendeite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Armalcolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Awaruite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Caryopilite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorapatite  (*)Chloritoid  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Clino-suenoite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Ganophyllite  (*)
Gehlenite  (*)Geikielite  (*)Godlevskite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)
Graphite  (*)Grossite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Hibonite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)Hydrotalcite  (*)Hydroxylapatite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kutnohorite  (*)Linnaeite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Manganhumite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganosite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Nickeline  (*)Orpiment  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parsettensite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Pigeonite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Portlandite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Richterite  (*)Roscoelite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Saponite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Smythite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Taenite  (*)Takanelite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Ulvöspinel  (*)
Uvarovite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wairauite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Wurtzite  (*)Zincmelanterite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S10001000242618,426342793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)210001000342618,42623,426283419
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O74330401014264450
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS142606312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1300541942612,42618,42627,42628,42629,42630,42641,42642,426478803
Alleghanyite  (*)HumiteMn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2242652,4266177
Allendeite  (*)NoneSc4Zr3O12433040101426442
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)213001000442615,42628,42630,426473092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)433040101426441036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4242628,42636708
Armalcolite  (*)Pseudobrookite(Mg,Fe2+)Ti2O54330401014264439
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS13001300642608,42613,42617,42628,42631,426479052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6433040101426442060
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe43304010142644166
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21426485509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1000541842608,42618,42634,42641,42642,42649,42652,4266111547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8242652,42661173
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS413001000442612,42618,42631,426485516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)542606,42627,42641,42652,42661483
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2142636462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)43305411942608,42612,42614,42618,42627,42628,42629,42631,42634,42636,42638,42641,42642,42644,42648,42649,42652,42657,4266127770
Caryopilite  (*)Clay SerpentineMn2+3Si2O5(OH)4242652,4266183
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1426344979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1300541542618,42629,42631,42642,426485707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213005411942608,42612,42616,42617,42618,42620,42621,42623,42628,42629,42631,42632,42634,42638,42639,42642,42648,42649,4265627198
Chlorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3Cl43304010142644203
Chloritoid  (*)ChloritoidFe2+Al2O(SiO4)(OH)210001000142618376
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O443304010542616,42617,42628,42640,426443902
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4342613,42628,42636951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1426282600
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2442652,4266157
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8100010001426181756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS142612966
Copper  (*)CopperCu1426293846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1000541242629,426424165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)142627481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O643301300542629,42631,42632,42641,426444135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2433010002142606,42608,42612,42613,42616,42617,42618,42621,42627,42628,42629,42631,42632,42634,42636,42640,42641,42644,42648,42652,426619895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O643304010142644944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1300541842612,42618,42622,42629,42631,42632,42641,426428173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1426062740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21426349617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)433040101426441188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS10005411142608,42612,42616,42618,42620,42628,42634,42638,42642,42646,4265824243
Ganophyllite  (*)Clay(K,Na)xMn2+6(Si,Al)10O24(OH)4·nH2O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)242652,4266145
Gehlenite  (*)MeliliteCa2Al(SiAl)O743304010142644114
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO34330401014264470
Godlevskite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S814262840
Gold  (*)CopperAu130010001242608,42612,42613,42618,42626,42628,42629,42630,42638,42643,42647,4264830554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O142634188
Graphite  (*)NoneC1426032812
Grossite  (*)NoneCaAl4O74330401014264419
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4242652,42661350
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O643304010142644741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31000541842622,42623,42628,42634,42638,42641,42642,4264914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1426341689
Hibonite  (*)MagnetoplumbiteCaAl12O194330401014264480
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O142636341
Hydrotalcite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Al2CO3(OH)16(H2O)414263687
Hydroxylapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3OH142606367
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61426341066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O343304010342623,42644,426565433
Iron  (*)IronFe433040101426441089
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)610005411426422228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41000541542628,42642,42652,42657,426615591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2442606,42641,42652,42661234
Linnaeite  (*)SpinelCo2+Co3+2S4142617249
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)43304010142644451
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)442613,42617,42628,426381487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O443305411742612,42616,42618,42621,42622,42623,42628,42631,42632,42634,42641,42642,42644,42647,42651,42656,4266014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21000541442629,42642,42648,4264912537
Manganhumite  (*)HumiteMn2+7(SiO4)3(OH)2242652,4266114
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)242627,42641770
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO242652,4266173
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210001000342612,42618,426285674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS342608,42617,426281066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS213001300342612,42628,426315800
Monetite  (*)NoneCa(PO3OH)4330401014264421
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O242627,426571508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213005411842608,42612,42616,42617,42618,42627,42628,42629,42630,42634,42638,42640,42641,42642,42647,42652,42657,4266117380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)43304010142644884
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs142628633
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3242613,42628511
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS242612,42628767
Parsettensite  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Na,Ca)7.5(Mn,Mg)49Si72O168(OH)50·nH2O242652,4266143
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S843304010242628,426441512
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO343304010142644495
Pigeonite  (*)Pyroxene(Mg,Fe,Ca)2Si2O643304010142644303
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4242617,42628131
Portlandite  (*)BruciteCa(OH)214262751
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS310001000142618733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3100010001426181425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213005412342606,42608,42612,42613,42616,42617,42618,42621,42622,42623,42627,42628,42629,42631,42632,42634,42638,42639,42640,42642,42648,42649,4265639462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)2242627,4264156
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2242627,426413106
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO3242652,42661244
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)210001000142618771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8433010001142612,42617,42618,42621,42623,42628,42629,42630,42644,42649,426569056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO243305412742603,42606,42608,42612,42613,42614,42616,42617,42618,42621,42622,42627,42628,42629,42631,42634,42638,42640,42641,42642,42644,42648,42649,42652,42657,42660,4266161156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O142627177
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS242613,42628712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)742606,42625,42627,42628,42641,42652,426611711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)342641,42652,42661969
Richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2142641148
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2242603,42660253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO243301000542608,42612,42618,42640,426445614
Saponite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O142628301
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1426164894
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O142645241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)542612,42628,42629,42638,426416417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4242612,42628249
Silver  (*)CopperAg13001000642610,42618,42628,42630,42638,426475186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1426342473
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)14262877
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl43304010142644444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3242652,426611214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13005411542608,42612,42615,42616,42618,42620,42628,42630,42634,42638,42642,42646,42647,42653,4265821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O443304010242628,426441934
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS410001000142618586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31426083418
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)43304010142644703
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O14262718
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2442613,42617,42623,426283337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1310001000242612,426181803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131300541842616,42617,42618,42620,42628,42630,42642,426475317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1426404899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O242627,42641433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)213001000442618,42628,42631,426322562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS433040101426441044
Ulvöspinel  (*)SpinelFe2+2TiO4142623120
Uvarovite  (*)GarnetCa3Cr2(SiO4)313005410212
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4142628380
Wairauite  (*)IronCoFe4330401014264416
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)643304010142644104
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3433040101426441247
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS10001000442616,42618,42634,42653372
Zincmelanterite  (*)MelanteriteZn(SO4)·7H2O100010001426078
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1426285251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)10001000242618,426281025


6 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
vms-0039210001000Meso-Neoproterozoic       S156485Donggouba Au-Ag-polymetallic Deposit, Tongchang Ore Field, Lüeyang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaDonggoubaMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
vms-0041113001300Mesoproterozoic       S156636Tongchang Cu-Au-polymetallic Deposit, Tongchang Ore Field, Mian Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaTongchangMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 
NG47_40_0001833.7818.7826.2 ± 7.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiaping depositHu (2014) NG47_40 
RG67_89_0001818.7812.3815.5 ± 3.2Sr-Nd-Pbhost rockwhole rock     240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiaping depositSu (2016) RG67_89 
RG67_89_0002838.1832.9835.5 ± 2.6Sr-Nd-Pbhost rockwhole rock     240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiaping depositSu (2016) RG67_89 
vms-004051000541Neoproterozoic        240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiapingMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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