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Locality Name:
Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 178
Youngest recorded age at locality: 112

mindat Locality ID: 157480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dexing Cu-Mo-Au Ore Field
Jinshan Au Ore Field
Yinshan Ore Field
Zhulin Au Deposit
Zuomiban

Latitude: 28°58'49"N
Longitude: 117°39'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.980277777778,117.66638888889

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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb Pd S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAnalcimeAndalusiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcanthite
ChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorrensiteCorundumCovellite
CubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteLawsonite
MalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PolybasitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSartoriteScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

101 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Berzelianite  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calaverite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Clinozoisite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)
Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucophane  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Hydrobiotite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lawsonite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Matildite  (*)Melonite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Paragonite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)
Umangite  (*)Variscite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S178170241589,415972793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21415873419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3173112141580315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)178112841582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41597,415998803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1415991627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2173112241582,415892162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51731121415821310
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1731121415802734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)173112341582,41583,415851588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2173112441580,41587,41588,415893092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1415991036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS178112741582,41587,41588,41589,41591,41596,415979052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2173112241582,415835509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)178112741582,41583,41587,41588,41591,41596,4159711547
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)17311214158366
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1781701415961966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3178112241580,415961935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4178112641582,41583,41585,41589,41596,415975516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11178170141597843
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2178112341580,41583,41597361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)178112841582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41591,4159727770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4173112241580,41582154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2173112241580,415875171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1731121415804979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O173112141582925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S178112441582,41583,41585,415975707
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O17311214158340
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2178112841582,41583,41585,41587,41589,41591,41596,4159727198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8173112141583577
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41415873902
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)241589,415991025
Copper  (*)CopperCu1731121415803846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS178112541582,41583,41589,41596,415974165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3173112141580802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1731121415802970
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4178112241580,41597651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S178112241583,415961027
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16173112141580300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2173112441582,41587,41588,415899895
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S517817014159734
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2178112241580,41596246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4178170241596,41597910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)173112441582,41583,41585,415898173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)178170141596551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2178112241582,415969617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12178170241591,41597663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3178170141597105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS178112941582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41591,41596,4159724243
Glaucophane  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Mg3Al2)Si8O22(OH)2141599286
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)173112241580,415897437
Gold  (*)CopperAu178112941582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41596,41597,4159830554
Graphite  (*)NoneC241587,415892812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O173112241580,415826890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3178112541582,41583,41587,41588,4159714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te173112341582,41583,41585804
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O17311214158249
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3173112641580,41582,41583,41587,41589,415995433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6141599154
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14178170141597784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4178112441580,41583,41587,415975591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O1731121415821271
Lawsonite  (*)LawsoniteCaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O141599121
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4173112541582,41583,41587,41588,4158914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2173112241582,4158312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2178112441582,41587,41589,415915674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2173112141583252
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2173112341582,41583,41585207
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2173112141580155
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1731121415801066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2173112441582,41583,41585,415875800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21781121041582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41591,41596,41597,4159917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)173112241582,415832349
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS173112141580767
Paragonite  (*)Mica ClayNaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2141599247
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2173112341582,41583,41585409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]178170141597716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3178170141597733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31781701415971425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2178112941582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41591,41596,4159739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8178112641580,41582,41583,41587,41589,415969056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21781121041582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41591,41596,41597,4159961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2178112641582,41583,41588,41596,41597,415995614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1415874894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)178112541582,41583,41587,41591,415976417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4173112141580249
Silver  (*)CopperAg178112441583,41589,41591,415975186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS178112941582,41583,41585,41587,41588,41589,41591,41596,4159721482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4178170141597586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31415873418
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3178170141596276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13178112541582,41583,41585,41596,415971803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1731121415801101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S178112441582,41583,41585,41596510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13178112741582,41583,41585,41589,41591,41596,415975317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O173112241583,415994899
Umangite  (*)NoneCu3Se217311214158371
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O178170141597301
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3178170141596297
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41731121415801655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)241589,415995251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1731121415821025



4 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
Kristen001992170.4170.4170.4 mineralization age     Cu48528Dexing Cu-Mo-Au Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaDexingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
PorphCu-00108173112173±9 (Re-Os), 157–112 (K-Ar)      Ankerite, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Djurleite, Emplectite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Matildite, Millerite, Molybdenite, Petzite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Siegenite, Silver, Sphalerite, ElectrumCu240070Dexing Copper Mine, Dexing Cu-Mo-Au Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaDexingSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Kristen002001178178178 mineralization age     Cu, Pb, Zn225527Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaYinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002002170170170 mineralization age     Cu, Pb, Zn225527Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaYinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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