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Locality Name:
Yindongpo Mine, Weishancheng Ore Field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 386
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 156526
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156526.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yindongpo Mine, Weishancheng Ore Field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°33'6"N
Longitude: 113°25'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.551666666667,113.42138888889
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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
DigeniteFluoriteJalpaiteKaoliniteMalachiteMeloniteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteZircon

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chlorargyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Corkite  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hinsdalite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Plumbojarosite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S38636002793
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO238636002162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38636009052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)238636005509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS438636005516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe23863600361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)386360027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)38636004979
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O3863600197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2386360027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl38636001382
Copper  (*)CopperCu38636003846
Corkite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)63863600151
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S38636001027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)238636009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF238636009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS386360024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu386360030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC38636002812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3386360014640
Hinsdalite  (*)AlunitePbAl3(SO4)(PO4)(OH)6386360082
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O338636005433
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS23863600116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)638636002228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)438636005591
Lead  (*)CopperPb3863600192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4386360014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2386360012537
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS23863600300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2386360017380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)63863600477
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33863600733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS338636001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2386360039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO238636003106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl38636001725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S838636009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2386360061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO238636005614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)38636006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg38636005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS386360021482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS3863600332
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe43863600337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1338636005317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)38636005251


1 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
Hg-00118386360 Ar-Ar    YesWeishaniteHg156832Weishancheng Ore Field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China Jiang et al. (2009) (abstract) MD28_63 

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