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Locality Name:
Youxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 570

mindat Locality ID: 157205
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157205.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Youxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Guantian Au Deposit
Jinjishan Pb-Zn Deposit
Longmenchang Ag-Au Deposit
Meixian Pb-Zn-(Ag) Ore Field
Qincaiyang Au Deposit
Taihuashan Au-(Ag) Deposit
Xiaoban Au Deposit

Latitude: 26°1'26"N
Longitude: 118°9'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.023888888889,118.16472222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite

34 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	570	570	2	37484,37485	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	570	570	1	37484	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	570	570	1	37484	489
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	570	570	1	37484	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	37487	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	570	570	3	37484,37485,37488	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	570	570	1	37484	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	570	3	37484,37485,37488	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	37487	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	570	570	2	37484,37485	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	570	570	1	37484	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	570	570	2	37484,37485	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	570	570	1	37484	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	570	570	5	37481,37484,37485,37487,37488	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	570	570	6	37480,37482,37484,37486,37487,37488	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	570	570	1	37484	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	570	570	1	37485	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	570	570	3	37484,37486,37487	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	37487	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	37487	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	570	570	3	37484,37485,37486	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	570	570	1	37484	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	570	570	5	37480,37482,37484,37487,37488	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	570	570	1	37484	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	570	570	7	37480,37482,37484,37485,37486,37487,37488	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37487	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	570	570	2	37484,37485	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	570	570	7	37480,37482,37484,37485,37486,37487,37488	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	570	570	2	37484,37487	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	570	570	4	37481,37484,37485,37487	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	37488	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	570	570	1	37484	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	570	570	1	37484	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	570	570	1	37484	1247

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
	vms-00407	570	570	Neoproterozoic, Sinian										S	135228	Meixian Pb-Zn-(Ag) Ore Field, Youxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China	Meixian	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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