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Locality Name:
Yangjiang, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 156622
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156622.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yangjiang, Guangdong, China": 31
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 28

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jiangcheng District
Yangchun Co.
Yangdong Co.

Latitude: 21°48'9"N
Longitude: 111°51'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.8025,111.85416666667

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	Allophane	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Zinkenite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermakite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zinkenite ()*	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 Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Zinkenite Zircon

52 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			2	38125,38136	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			2	38141,38144	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			3	38125,38136,38145	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	38136,38141	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	38136	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	38147	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	38141	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	38125,38136,38141,38143	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			9	38125,38127,38129,38132,38140,38143,38144,38145,38147	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	38125,38136	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	38136	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			12	38124,38125,38130,38134,38136,38137,38140,38141,38143,38144,38145,38147	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	38141	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	38141	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	38136	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	38141,38144	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	38141	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	38136	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	38143,38144	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			11	38125,38126,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38142,38144,38145	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	38136	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	38130	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	0	2	38118,38119	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄			1	38125	784
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	38141	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			8	38124,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38141	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	38136,38141	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	38125	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			7	38130,38132,38138,38141,38143,38145,38147	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			7	38125,38130,38136,38138,38141,38143,38144	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	38141	2349
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	38125	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	38125	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			10	38125,38126,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38141,38143	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	38136	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			4	38125,38130,38138,38144	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	0	18	38118,38121,38122,38123,38125,38127,38129,38130,38131,38132,38135,38136,38138,38139,38141,38143,38144,38145	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	0	3	38118,38119,38136	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			5	38132,38138,38140,38143,38144	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	38136,38141	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	38125,38136	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	38136	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			11	38125,38126,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38142,38144,38145	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			2	38125,38144	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	38125	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	38141	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			2	38143,38144	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	38125	2562
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	38141	73
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	66	0	2	38118,38119	939
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂			1	38125	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66	0	3	38118,38119,38141	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
	ree-00296	66	0	Cenozoic											157944	Nanshanhai Mine, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang, Guangdong, China	Nanshanhai	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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