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Locality Name:
Lianhuashan W-Au Deposit, Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 119.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 119.5

mindat Locality ID: 157401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lianhuashan W-Au Deposit, Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°44'0"N
Longitude: 116°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.733333333333,116.73333333333

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Feldspar	Kobellite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Topaz

Acanthite ()*	Aluminium ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*	Ferberite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Joséite-A ()*	Joséite-B ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Topaz ()*	Ustarasite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Copper Feldspar Kobellite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetradymite Topaz

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	119.5	119.5	2793
Aluminium ()*	Copper	Al	119.5	119.5	27
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	119.5	119.5	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	119.5	119.5	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	119.5	119.5	1935
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	119.5	119.5	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	119.5	119.5	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	119.5	119.5	344
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)	119.5	119.5	551
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	119.5	119.5	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	119.5	119.5	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	119.5	119.5	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	119.5	119.5	104
Joséite-A ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄TeS₂	119.5	119.5	50
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	119.5	119.5	86
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	119.5	119.5	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	119.5	119.5	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	119.5	119.5	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	119.5	119.5	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	119.5	119.5	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	119.5	119.5	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	119.5	119.5	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	119.5	119.5	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	119.5	119.5	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	119.5	119.5	510
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	119.5	119.5	1476
Ustarasite ()*	None	Pb(Bi,Sb)₆S₁₀	119.5	119.5	9

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
	Kristen002015	119.5	119.5	119.5		mineralization age								W	157401	Lianhuashan W-Au Deposit, Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, China	Lianhuashan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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