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Locality Name:
Makeng Fe Deposit, Zhangping Co., Longyan, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 133
Youngest recorded age at locality: 133

mindat Locality ID: 157567
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157567.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Makeng Fe Deposit, Zhangping Co., Longyan, Fujian, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°59'30"N
Longitude: 117°6'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.991666666667,117.1025
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Te W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
IlvaiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteVesuvianiteWollastonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bustamite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)213313303419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)13313308803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)313313301534
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S313313301935
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)21331330101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)133133027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO213313305171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2133133027198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O613313304135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)213313309895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)13313308173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21331330271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF213313309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS133133024243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61331330741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3133133014640
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)1331330197
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4133133014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS213313305800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2133133017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)13313302349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)213313302273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2133133039462
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31331330147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S813313309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2133133061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)13313304894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS133133021482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S1331330510
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)213313302562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1013313301395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO313313301247


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
Kristen002022133133133 mineralization age     Fe157567Makeng Fe Deposit, Zhangping Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaMakengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 

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