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Locality Name:
Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 175
Youngest recorded age at locality: 175

mindat Locality ID: 156924
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156924.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baiyunxian W-polymetallic Ore Field
Bijiashan W-Sn Deposit
Gao'aobei W-Mo Deposit
Jiuquling Uranium Ore Field
Nuanshui
Yijiang REE-Sc Deposit
Yingdong Mine

Latitude: 25°23'28"N
Longitude: 113°29'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.391111111111,113.48694444444
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteTopazVesuvianite
Wollastonite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)175175240224,402368803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS175175240228,402409052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21402425509
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1751751402241966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3175175240225,402361935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41402425516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)175175840225,40227,40229,40233,40234,40237,40240,4024227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2175175740221,40223,40225,40229,40233,40234,402355171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1402425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2175175940224,40225,40229,40230,40233,40234,40236,40240,4024227198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1402424165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6175175540225,40229,40233,40234,402424135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2175175340229,40233,402349895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1402428173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2175175840224,40225,40229,40232,40233,40234,40236,402379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS175175940225,40227,40229,40230,40232,40233,40234,40240,4024224243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314023714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31751751402205433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214024212537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21402375674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1751751402244924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2175175540221,40224,40225,40235,402365800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2175175840221,40224,40228,40229,40233,40234,40236,4024217380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31402421425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21751751140225,40227,40228,40229,40230,40232,40233,40234,40236,40237,4024239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8175175340229,40233,402349056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21751751440221,40224,40225,40228,40229,40230,40232,40233,40234,40235,40236,40237,40240,4024261156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1751751040221,40225,40227,40228,40229,40230,40231,40232,40233,402344894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS175175940225,40227,40229,40230,40232,40233,40234,40240,4024221482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131402425317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2175175240224,402361476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2175175440229,40233,40234,402422562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21402372718
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10175175440225,40229,40233,402341395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3175175340229,40233,402341247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
MD43_375-00002175175175        225329Baiyunxian W-polymetallic Ore Field, Rucheng Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, ChinaBaiyunxianYuan et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0166-yMD43_375 

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