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Locality Name:
Taoxikeng Mine, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 154.44
Youngest recorded age at locality: 154.44

mindat Locality ID: 157369
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157369.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taoxikeng Mine, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°38'57"N
Longitude: 114°13'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.649166666667,114.22555555556
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: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCovelliteFluoriteKaoliniteMicaMolybdenite
NonePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTopaz

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Euclase  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS154.44154.4409052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3154.44154.4401935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)154.44154.44027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2154.44154.4405171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2154.44154.44027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS154.44154.4404165
Euclase  (*)NoneBeAlSiO4(OH)154.44154.440120
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)154.44154.440551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2154.44154.4409617
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4154.44154.4405591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4154.44154.44014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2154.44154.4405800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2154.44154.44017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2154.44154.4402273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2154.44154.44039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2154.44154.440771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2154.44154.44061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)154.44154.4404894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS154.44154.44021482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2154.44154.4401476


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
Kristen001987154.44154.44154.44 mineralization age     W157369Taoxikeng Mine, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaTaoxikengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 

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