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Locality Name:
Tianshui, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 750
Youngest recorded age at locality: 750

mindat Locality ID: 156548
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156548.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tianshui, Gansu, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Maiji District
Qinzhou District
Wushan Co.
Zhangjiachuan Co.

Latitude: 34°34'20"N
Longitude: 105°49'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.572222222222,105.83277777778

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	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite

51 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	37785	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	37785	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	37785	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	37792	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	37792	3092
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	750	750	1	37794	718
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			5	37779,37782,37785,37790,37792	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	37785	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	37785	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	37790	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	37792	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	750	750	8	37779,37780,37782,37783,37787,37790,37792,37794	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	37792	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	750	750	4	37782,37785,37790,37794	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	750	750	8	37779,37780,37782,37783,37787,37790,37792,37794	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	37779	2600
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	37792	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	37782,37785,37790	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	37785	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	37787,37788,37790	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	750	750	9	37779,37780,37782,37783,37784,37785,37790,37792,37794	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			9	37779,37780,37782,37783,37785,37786,37787,37788,37792	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	750	750	3	37779,37792,37794	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	37785	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	37790	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	37782,37792	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	37782,37785,37790,37792	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O			1	37790	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	750	750	3	37782,37790,37794	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	37782,37790,37792	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	37785,37790,37792	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	37790	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	37790	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	750	750	7	37779,37782,37785,37787,37790,37792,37794	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	37790	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	37785	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	750	750	1	37794	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	750	750	10	37779,37780,37782,37783,37786,37787,37788,37790,37792,37794	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	37790	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37790	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	750	750	4	37785,37790,37792,37794	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	750	750	10	37779,37780,37782,37783,37786,37787,37788,37790,37792,37794	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	37779	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	37790	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	37783,37785	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	750	750	9	37779,37780,37782,37783,37784,37785,37790,37792,37794	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	37785	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	37785	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	37785,37790	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	37790	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	750	750	1	37794	2562

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-00389	750	750	Neoproterozoic (Early Paleozoic?)										S	145027	Chenjiamiao Fe-Cu Deposit, Zhangjiachuan Co., Tianshui, Gansu, China	Chenjiamiao	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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