Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yindongling Ag Deposit, Weishancheng Ore Field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 156654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156654.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 32°31'1"N
Longitude: 113°29'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.516944444444,113.48777777778

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	386	360	2793
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	386	360	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	386	360	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	386	360	24243
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	386	360	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	386	360	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	386	360	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	386	360	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	386	360	21482

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
	Hg-00118	386	360		Ar-Ar						Yes		Weishanite	Hg	156832	Weishancheng Ore Field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China		Jiang et al. (2009) (abstract)		MD28_63

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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