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Locality Name:
Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 156510
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156510.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Niantoucha Deposit
Taiyu Au Deposit
Taizhou Mine
Tongguan Mine
Tongyu Gold Field

Latitude: 34°27'3"N
Longitude: 110°16'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.450833333333,110.2725

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Digenite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Lillianite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Berryite ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gustavite ()*	Hematite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Maldonite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Ourayite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stolzite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Cubanite Digenite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Lillianite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃			1	42756	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2600	2600	1	42759	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2600	2600	3	42756,42758,42759	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2600	2600	1	42758	11547
Berryite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₃Ag₂Pb₃Bi₇S₁₆			1	42756	50
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2600	2600	3	42756,42758,42759	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2600	2600	1	42758	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2600	2600	2	42756,42758	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2600	2600	3	42756,42758,42759	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2600	2600	1	42758	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2600	2600	4	42753,42756,42758,42759	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	42756	344
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	42756	802
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	42753	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			1	42756	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2600	2600	1	42759	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2600	2600	3	42756,42758,42759	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2600	2600	6	42753,42754,42755,42756,42758,42759	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	42753	2812
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆			1	42756	113
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	14640
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	42756	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2600	2600	3	42756,42758,42759	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2600	2600	1	42759	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2600	2600	1	42759	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2600	3	42756,42758,42759	17380
Ourayite ()*	Lillianite	Ag₃Pb₄Bi₅S₁₃			1	42756	24
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2600	2600	1	42759	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2600	2600	4	42753,42756,42758,42759	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2600	2600	2	42756,42758	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2600	4	42754,42756,42758,42759	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2600	2600	2	42756,42758	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2600	2600	2	42756,42758	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2600	2600	1	42759	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2600	2600	3	42756,42758,42759	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2600	2600	1	42759	3418
Stolzite ()*	Scheelite	Pb(WO₄)			1	42756	156
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	42756	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	42756	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2600	2600	1	42758	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O			1	42756	652
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2600	2600	1	42758	5251

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
	vms-00413	2600	2600	Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (2.8-2.6 Ga)										S	185921	Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I Deposit), Tongyu Gold Field, Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China	Tongyu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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