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Locality Name:
Heyuan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 165
Youngest recorded age at locality: 143.6

mindat Locality ID: 156550
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156550.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heyuan, Guangdong, China": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Heping Co.
Lianping Co.
Longchuan Co. (Lungchuan Co.)
Yuancheng District
Zijin Co.

Latitude: 23°55'54"N
Longitude: 114°49'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.931666666667,114.81888888889

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Argyrodite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Harkerite	Hulsite	Humite	Ludwigite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Vivianite	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 B Ba Be Br C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Argyrodite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Harkerite Hulsite Humite Ludwigite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Talc Tetrahedrite Topaz Vesuvianite Vivianite Zircon

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Asbolane ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canfieldite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluoborite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Harkerite ()*	Helvine ()*	Hematite ()*	Hulsite ()*	Kotoite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Monticellite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Nordenskiöldine ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*
Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Varlamoffite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Vonsenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	37871	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	165	165	2	37870,37883	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	165	143.6	3	37870,37873,37885	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			1	37885	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	165	165	5	37870,37871,37881,37883,37885	9052
Asbolane ()*	Not in a structural group	Mn⁴⁺(O,OH)₂·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)_x(OH)_2x·nH₂O			1	37877	143
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	165	165	1	37870	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	37879	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	37885	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	37885	843
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr			1	37885	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			2	37883,37885	27770
Canfieldite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈SnS₆			1	37871	91
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	165	143.6	5	37870,37871,37873,37874,37885	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	37885	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	37885	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	165	143.6	6	37870,37873,37881,37882,37883,37885	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl			1	37885	1382
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	165	165	1	37870	285
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	37885	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	37877	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	165	165	2	37870,37883	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	37883	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	165	165	3	37870,37883,37885	8173
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	165	165	1	37870	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	143.6	143.6	3	37873,37879,37881	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	37871	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	143.6	143.6	5	37871,37873,37874,37883,37885	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	37876,37877	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	37868	30554
Harkerite ()*	Harkerite	Ca₄₈Mg₁₆[AlSi₄O₁₅(OH)]₄(BO₃)₁₆(CO₃)₁₆·2(H₂O,HCl)	165	165	1	37870	11
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S			1	37876	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	165	165	3	37869,37870,37876	14640
Hulsite ()*	Hulsite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	165	165	1	37870	15
Kotoite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)₂	165	165	1	37870	20
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	37877	210
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	165	165	1	37870	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	165	165	3	37870,37881,37882	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	37885	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	165	165	1	37870	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	165	165	3	37870,37881,37883	5800
Monticellite ()*	Olivine	CaMg(SiO₄)	165	165	1	37870	153
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	165	143.6	5	37870,37873,37881,37883,37885	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	37885	471
Nordenskiöldine ()*	None	CaSn(BO₃)₂	165	165	1	37870	16
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	37885	2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	37871	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	165	143.6	8	37870,37871,37873,37874,37881,37882,37883,37885	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	37885	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	37885	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	165	165	6	37870,37874,37881,37882,37883,37885	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	165	143.6	7	37870,37872,37873,37876,37881,37883,37885	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	37885	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	143.6	143.6	2	37873,37881	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			1	37885	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	37885	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	37871	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	165	143.6	6	37870,37871,37873,37874,37883,37885	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	165	165	1	37870	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	37885	668
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	165	165	1	37870	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37883	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			2	37871,37885	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	143.6	143.6	1	37873	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	165	165	2	37870,37883	2562
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	165	165	1	37870	56
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	165	165	1	37870	1395
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O			1	37885	636
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	165	165	1	37870	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	165	165	1	37870	5251

2 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
	Kristen001994	165	165	165		mineralization age								Fe, Sn, Pb, Zn	157704	Dading Fe-Sn Deposit, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China	Dading	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
	Kristen001997	143.6	143.6	143.6		mineralization age								W, Sn	157400	Jubankeng Mine, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China	Jubankeng	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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