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Locality Name:
Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 133
Youngest recorded age at locality: 111

mindat Locality ID: 157080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 45
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 41

Number of Child Localities: 32
Child Localities:
Aiziwangjia Au Deposit
Beijie Mine
Beizai Au Deposit
Canzhuang Mine
Caogoutou Au Deposit
Caojiawa Au Deposit (incl. Caojiawa Mine; Dajing Mine)
Dahe Au Deposit
Daqinjia Au Deposit
Dayin'gezhuang Mine
Funan Au Deposit (Bunan)
Guanlizhuang Au Deposit
Housunjia Au Deposit
Huangbuling Mine (Huangpuling Mine)
Jiangjia Au Deposit
Jiehe Mine
Jinchiling Mine
Jinhuashan Au Deposit
Jinling Au Deposit
Jintingling Mine
Jishan Mine
Linglong Gold Camp
Lingqueshan Au Deposit
Panjia Au Deposit
Qiansunjia Mine
Qilishan Au Deposit
Qinglong Mine
Shangzhuang Mine
Shanhou-Beipo Gold Field
Wasunjia Au Deposit
Weijiagou Au Deposit
Xiejiagou Au Deposit
Zhishan Au Deposit

Latitude: 37°22'26"N
Longitude: 120°18'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.373888888889,120.30388888889

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite
Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Jalpaite Kaolinite
Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Zircon

54 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chenguodaite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lillianite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Mckinstryite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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	42957,42960	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	133	111	9	42953,42962,42971,42973,42975,42976,42984,42988,42991	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	133	111	4	42972,42973,42975,42988	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	42960,42967	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	133	111	2	42958,42972	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	42956	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	42960,42967	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	133	111	3	42971,42973,42991	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	42960	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	133	111	14	42956,42957,42960,42962,42963,42967,42973,42974,42975,42976,42981,42988,42990,42991	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	42957	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	133	111	5	42956,42957,42967,42976,42977	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	133	111	20	42954,42956,42957,42960,42962,42963,42966,42967,42968,42971,42973,42974,42975,42976,42977,42981,42984,42988,42990,42991	27198
Chenguodaite ()*	None	Ag₉FeTe₂S₄			1	42957	2
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			3	42957,42960,42991	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	42957	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	42956,42967,42988	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	42956	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	42983	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	42956	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	133	111	19	42956,42957,42958,42960,42962,42963,42967,42968,42971,42973,42974,42975,42976,42977,42981,42984,42988,42990,42991	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	42957	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	133	111	25	42952,42953,42954,42956,42957,42958,42960,42961,42962,42963,42966,42967,42968,42971,42973,42974,42977,42979,42981,42984,42986,42987,42988,42990,42991	30554
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉			1	42960	43
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	133	111	10	42960,42962,42967,42971,42973,42975,42976,42977,42984,42991	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	133	111	4	42956,42957,42960,42976	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	133	111	1	42970	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂			1	42957	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	133	111	6	42956,42960,42966,42977,42988,42991	5591
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	42960	128
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	42981	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	133	111	7	42956,42960,42967,42973,42974,42975,42977	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			3	42960,42967,42991	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	42956	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	42960	252
Mckinstryite ()*	None	Ag₅Cu₃S₄			1	42957	51
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	42956,42960	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	42957	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	133	111	21	42953,42956,42957,42960,42962,42963,42966,42967,42968,42971,42972,42973,42974,42975,42976,42977,42981,42984,42988,42990,42991	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	133	111	1	42970	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	133	111	22	42953,42954,42956,42957,42958,42960,42962,42963,42967,42968,42971,42973,42974,42975,42976,42977,42981,42984,42986,42988,42990,42991	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	133	111	9	42956,42960,42963,42967,42971,42973,42974,42975,42984	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	133	111	28	42952,42953,42954,42956,42957,42958,42960,42961,42962,42963,42966,42967,42968,42971,42972,42973,42974,42975,42976,42977,42979,42981,42984,42986,42987,42988,42990,42991	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄			1	42991	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	133	111	2	42956,42977	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	133	111	5	42957,42960,42972,42976,42988	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	133	111	7	42956,42957,42960,42972,42973,42977,42991	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	133	111	18	42956,42958,42960,42962,42963,42967,42968,42971,42973,42974,42975,42976,42977,42981,42984,42988,42990,42991	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS			2	42957,42960	332
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	42960	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	133	111	3	42967,42976,42988	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	42991	5317
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃			1	42957	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	42956,42988	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
G29_711-00001	133	111	122±11	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 48, Dakaitou Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711
G29_711-00002	126	119.4	122.7±11	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711
G29_711-00003	127.2	118.8	123±4.2	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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