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Locality Name:
Chashan Mine, Dachang Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 94.52
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94.52

mindat Locality ID: 157657
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157657.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chashan Mine, Dachang Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°50'0"N
Longitude: 107°39'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.833333333333,107.65

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBerthieriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gudmundite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)294.5294.5203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS94.5294.5209052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S494.5294.520343
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1194.5294.520843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)94.5294.52027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS294.5294.52027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF294.5294.5209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS94.5294.52024243
Gudmundite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeSbS94.5294.520170
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)294.5294.52017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS294.5294.52039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO294.5294.52061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)94.5294.5204894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS94.5294.52021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S394.5294.5203418



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
Kristen00201394.5294.5294.52 mineralization age   Yes Sn20509Dachang Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaDachangJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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