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Locality Name:
Chaozhou, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 119.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 119.5

mindat Locality ID: 156619
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156619.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chaozhou, Guangdong, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fengxi District
Raoping Co.

Latitude: 23°40'59"N
Longitude: 116°38'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.683055555556,116.6375

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Feldspar	Kobellite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Aluminium ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Ferberite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*
Hedleyite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Ustarasite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Feldspar Kobellite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Topaz

36 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	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	2793
Aluminium ()*	Copper	Al	119.5	119.5	1	37842	27
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	119.5	119.5	1	37842	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	119.5	119.5	1	37842	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	37840	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	37840	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	119.5	119.5	1	37842	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	119.5	119.5	1	37842	344
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	119.5	119.5	1	37842	551
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	37840	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	119.5	119.5	1	37842	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	119.5	119.5	1	37842	104
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	37840	784
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	119.5	119.5	1	37842	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	119.5	119.5	1	37842	86
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	119.5	119.5	1	37842	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	119.5	119.5	1	37842	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	119.5	119.5	1	37842	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	37840	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	119.5	119.5	1	37842	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	119.5	119.5	1	37842	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	37840	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	119.5	119.5	2	37840,37842	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	37840	668
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄			1	37840	586
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	119.5	119.5	1	37842	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	37840	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	119.5	119.5	1	37842	1476
Ustarasite ()*	None	Pb(Bi,Sb)₆S₁₀	119.5	119.5	1	37842	9

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
	Kristen002015	119.5	119.5	119.5		mineralization age								W	157401	Lianhuashan W-Au Deposit, Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, China	Lianhuashan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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