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Locality Name:
Lujiang Co., Hefei, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 173
Youngest recorded age at locality: 123

mindat Locality ID: 157191
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157191.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lujiang Co., Hefei, Anhui, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Dabaozhuang Mine
Fanshan Alunite Deposit
Huangtun Township (Huangtunxiang; Huangtong Township; Huangtongxiang)
Lengtang'ao Cu Deposit
Longqiao Fe-Cu Deposit
Lujiang Meteorite
Luohe Mine
Nihe Fe Deposit
Panshiling Fe-Cu Deposit
Shaxi-Changpushang Cu-Au Deposit
Shimenan Cu Deposit
Zhongshan Fe Deposit
Zhuanqiao
Zhujiawa Cu-Au Deposit

Latitude: 31°6'42"N
Longitude: 117°23'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.111666666667,117.38333333333

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	Apatite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz
Turquoise	Vivianite	Wavellite	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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Th Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H Mg O P Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Apatite Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz
Turquoise Vivianite Wavellite Zircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Corundum ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Troilite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Uraninite ()*	Vivianite ()*	Wavellite ()*	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			1	36994	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	173	123	3	37001,37003,37005	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	173	123	2	37001,37005	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	36991	966
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	173	123	5	36990,36996,36998,37001,37005	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	173	123	2	36994,37001	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	173	123	1	37001	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	173	123	3	37001,37002,37006	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	173	123	3	36998,37001,37002	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			1	37005	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	173	123	5	36994,36996,36998,37001,37002	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	173	123	1	37001	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	173	123	8	36994,36995,36996,36998,37001,37002,37005,37006	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	36997	3902
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	173	123	1	37001	1797
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	173	123	1	37001	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	173	123	1	37001	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	173	123	3	36996,36998,37001	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	173	123	3	36994,37001,37005	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	37005	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	37002	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	173	123	3	36994,36998,37001	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	173	123	1	37001	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	173	123	2	37001,37006	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	173	123	5	36990,36998,36999,37001,37005	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			1	36998	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	173	123	9	36993,36994,36995,36996,36997,36998,37001,37003,37005	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	173	123	3	36997,37001,37005	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	36997	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	173	123	7	36991,36994,36996,36998,37001,37002,37006	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	173	123	8	36990,36993,36996,36998,36999,37001,37003,37005	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	173	123	4	36995,37001,37002,37006	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	173	123	2	36994,37001	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	37005	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	173	123	1	37001	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	36998	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	173	123	7	36991,36994,36998,37001,37002,37005,37006	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	37005	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	36996,36998	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	173	123	1	37001	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	173	123	12	36990,36991,36993,36994,36995,36996,36998,36999,37001,37002,37005,37006	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	173	123	4	36990,36998,36999,37001	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	173	123	7	36994,36995,36996,36998,37001,37002,37006	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	173	123	2	37001,37005	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	173	123	5	36994,36996,36998,37001,37006	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	36994	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	173	123	3	36994,36998,37001	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)			1	36997	703
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	173	123	2	36998,37001	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	37005	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	173	123	3	36998,37001,37005	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	173	123	1	37001	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	173	123	0		2562
Troilite ()*	None	FeS			1	36997	1044
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	173	123	1	37001	484
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	37005	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	173	123	0		636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	173	123	0		374
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	173	123	1	37001	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	173	123	1	37001	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
	PorphCu-00159	173	123	173–123									Anhydrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite	Cu	134676	Shaxi-Changpushang Cu-Au Deposit, Lujiang Co., Hefei, Anhui, China	Shaxi	Singer et al. (2008)		USGSOFR2008_1155

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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