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Locality Name:
Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 157192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Datong Mn Deposit
Houshan Mine
Huangshanling Ore Field
Liufengshan Mine
Matou Mo-Cu Deposit
Pailou Mn Deposit
Paodaoling Au Deposit
Tangtian Mn Deposit
Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine)

Latitude: 30°29'34"N
Longitude: 117°30'27"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.492777777778,117.5075

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAndalusiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TalcWollastonite

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vernadite  (*)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)14566336954,36956,369588803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5145661369581310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3145661369581534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14566236956,369589052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)214566236953,369585509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13695611547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4145661369585516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11136956843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566436949,36951,36956,3695827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1369535707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566536951,36953,36954,36956,3695827198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1369533846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1369534165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1369532970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O614566236951,369584135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2145661369589895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)14566336950,36954,369588173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566536950,36952,36953,36956,3695824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1369537437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566336950,36956,3695830554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3145661369581544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O614566136958741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3336950,36953,3695614640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14136956784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414566236954,369585591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41456613695814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214566236953,3695812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2145661369585674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214566236954,369585800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566436950,36954,36956,3695817380
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2136956409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566636950,36951,36953,36954,36956,3695839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21369493106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145661369589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566636950,36951,36953,36954,36956,3695861156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS136956712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)336949,36955,369571711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21369565614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)145661369586417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566536950,36952,36954,36956,3695821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2145661369583337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1369531101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661369582562
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O13694965
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3145661369581247



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
Chen2007tbl01-3314566Cretaceous      Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite 145644Tongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, ChinaTongshan, Guichi, AnhuiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


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