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Locality Name:
Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164
Youngest recorded age at locality: 140

mindat Locality ID: 156829
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156829.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Bailugou Pb-Zn Deposit
Beiling Au-Ag-Te Deposit (Tantou Au-Ag-Te Deposit)
Chitudian Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit
Daqinggou Mo Deposit
Kangshan-Xingxingyin Au-Pb-Zn Deposit
Luanchuan Jade Deposit
Luanling Au Deposit
Luocun Mo Deposit
Nannihu Ore Field
Sandaogou Pb-Zn Deposit
Shizimiao Au-Mo Ore Field
Xigou Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 34°0'50"N
Longitude: 111°32'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.013888888889,111.54472222222

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	Amorphous	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite	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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Polybasite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite
Vesuvianite Wollastonite Wurtzite Zircon

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*
Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celsian ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Petzite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Powellite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zincite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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	39554	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164	140	6	39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	164	140	7	39560,39564,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	39555,39560	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	164	140	3	39564,39565,39566	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	39576	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			5	39555,39558,39571,39572,39574	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			6	39554,39555,39560,39571,39572,39574	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			3	39555,39574,39576	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	164	140	2	39564,39566	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			2	39560,39574	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	39560	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	164	140	11	39554,39556,39558,39563,39564,39566,39568,39571,39572,39574,39576	27770
Celsian ()*	Feldspar	Ba(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	39576	100
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	39571,39576	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	164	140	3	39566,39571,39572	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	164	140	14	39554,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			4	39560,39571,39572,39574	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	164	140	6	39556,39564,39565,39566,39567,39574	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	164	140	8	39554,39556,39566,39567,39571,39574,39575,39576	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	164	140	8	39556,39558,39564,39565,39566,39571,39572,39574	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	164	140	1	39566	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	164	140	7	39563,39564,39566,39567,39568,39571,39574	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	164	140	15	39554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	39558	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			7	39555,39558,39560,39571,39572,39574,39575	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	164	140	1	39566	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	164	140	1	39566	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	164	140	6	39554,39566,39571,39572,39574,39576	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			3	39560,39571,39572	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	164	140	2	39566,39574	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	39576	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			7	39555,39557,39560,39571,39572,39574,39575	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	164	140	5	39566,39567,39571,39572,39574	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	164	140	2	39566,39571	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	39555,39556	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂			1	39555	207
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	164	140	8	39554,39556,39557,39563,39566,39567,39568,39574	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	164	140	2	39566,39574	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	164	140	15	39554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	164	140	1	39566	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	39560	409
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	156	146	1	39567	2273
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]			1	39556	716
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	164	140	1	39566	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	164	140	16	39554,39555,39556,39558,39560,39563,39564,39565,39566,39567,39568,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	39554,39576	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	164	140	9	39556,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39576	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164	140	17	39554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39563,39564,39565,39566,39567,39568,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	39576	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	164	140	2	39566,39574	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	164	140	8	39556,39563,39564,39565,39566,39567,39568,39574	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			3	39556,39560,39576	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	156	146	1	39564	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	39576	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	164	140	15	39554,39555,39556,39557,39558,39560,39564,39565,39566,39567,39571,39572,39574,39575,39576	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄			2	39555,39560	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	156	146	2	39567,39574	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te			2	39555,39560	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	39560	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	164	140	1	39566	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164	140	5	39556,39564,39566,39567,39574	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	164	140	1	39566	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	164	140	1	39566	1247
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	39576	98
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	156	146	1	39567	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	39571,39572	1025

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Emily000355	porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000356	porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000357	porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000358	porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit
Emily000359	porphyry-skarn Mo-W deposit

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Kristen002244	156	146	156-146	Re-Os	mineralization age	molybdenite		Molybdenite		Mo, W	135126	Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu Mo Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Mo-00325	156	146	156–146	Re-Os		molybdenite		Molybdenite	Ferrimolybdite, Molybdenite, Molybdite, Powellite	Mo	135126	Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu Mo deposit	Zhang et al. (2005)	10.1007/s00126-004-0451-y	MD39_960
Emily000355	151	141	146±5	Re-Os		molybdenite	N83-39	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		64735	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000356	152	140	146±6	Re-Os		molybdenite	N83-37	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		64735	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000357	164	148	156±8	Re-Os		molybdenite	N0-26	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		64735	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000358	148.1	148.1		Re-Os		molybdenite	N83-52	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		64735	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815
Emily000359	153	141	147±6	Re-Os		molybdenite	3-3	Molybdenite	Molybdenite		64735	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang Mine, Nannihu Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China	Nannihu-Sandaozhuang	Mao et al. (1999)	10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00165-9	GCA63_1815

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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