Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 196
Youngest recorded age at locality: 121.8

mindat Locality ID: 157201
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157201.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Jinzhukeng Pb-Zn Deposit
Maoyangtou U Deposit (U Deposit No. 570)
Pingfeng Mine
Shuangchang Mo-(Cu-Pb-Zn) Deposit
Shuangkeng Mine
Yangdun REE Deposit

Latitude: 27°51'0"N
Longitude: 118°24'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.85,118.4

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.

Amorphous	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Anatase ()*	Annite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Coffinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Jordisite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	37338	2162
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	37338	356
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆			1	37338	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	196	121.8	2	37338,37342	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	196	121.8	4	37338,37339,37340,37342	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O			1	37338	566
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	37338	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	196	121.8	6	37337,37338,37339,37340,37341,37342	24243
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂			1	37338	102
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	196	121.8	1	37342	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	37338	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	37338,37340	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	196	121.8	3	37338,37339,37342	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	37338	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	196	121.8	1	37342	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	196	121.8	1	37342	6417
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37338	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	196	121.8	6	37337,37338,37339,37340,37341,37342	21482
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	37338	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	196	121.8	1	37342	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	196	121.8	1	37342	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0001122	MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001123	MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.
Jen_0001124	MAGMATIC STYLE: More than 100 sills, dykes and breccia pipes occur within Archaean basement rocks and Palaeozoic limestones over an area of 65x33 km. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diabase and lamprophyre dykes.

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
Jen_0001122	123.6	122.2	122.9±0.7	K-Ar	phlogopite	Phlogopite	144545	Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China	Yangdun	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001123	123.2	121.8	122.5±0.7	K-Ar	phlogopite	Phlogopite	144545	Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China	Yangdun	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0001124	196	180	118±8	Rb-Sr			144545	Yangdun REE Deposit, Pucheng Co., Nanping, Fujian, China	Yangdun	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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