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Locality Name:
Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 264.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 251.5

mindat Locality ID: 157695
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157695.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Baicao Nb-Ta Deposit
Baicao V-Ti-Fe Deposit
Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit
Jiajigou
Lengshuiqing Mine
Luku Mine
Qingwei Mine
Yanbian Ba Deposit
Yanbian Pb-Zn Deposit
Yanshuihe Mn Deposit
Zhonggangou V-Ti-Fe Deposit
Zhongliangzi Mine

Latitude: 26°41'8"N
Longitude: 101°50'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.685555555556,101.84638888889

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 Ba C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb Ni O Pb Pd Pt Ru S Si Ti Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAstrophylliteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayClinozoisiteCorundum
CubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteNickelineNonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelTalcTitaniteWurtziteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chromite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Halite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jinshajiangite  (*)Kupletskite  (*)Laurite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Seligmannite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vincentite  (*)Violarite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6243665,436701022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)243665,436708803
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2143670295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F243665,43670161
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6264.9251.51436672060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14367211547
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2264.9251.5243667,4366927198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)214366589
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4264.9251.51436673902
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3264.9251.5243667,43669802
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21436749895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1436658173
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4243665,43670196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21436709617
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1436681398
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314366614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3264.9251.5443665,43666,43667,436705433
Jinshajiangite  (*)NoneBaNaFe2+4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F1436705
Kupletskite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaMn2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F14366533
Laurite  (*)PyriteRuS2264.9251.5143667226
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4264.9251.5643666,43667,43670,43671,43675,4367614899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)243665,436704924
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)243665,436702349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8264.9251.5243667,436691512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2264.9251.5343666,43667,4366939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21436743106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8264.9251.5343666,43667,436699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2243665,4367061156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2143665375
Seligmannite  (*)BournoniteCuPbAsS314367364
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1436746417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4264.9251.5143667249
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2264.9251.5143667337
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21436693337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O243665,436704899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21436692562
Vincentite  (*)NonePd3As264.9251.514366717
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4264.9251.5143667380
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)243665,436705251



7 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
MD41_599-001-001262.4256259.2±3.2206Pb/238U zirconHGF-01  Zircon  147176Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit, Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaHongge intrusionZhong and Zhu (2006)10.1007/s00126-006-0081-7MD41_599 
MD41_599-002-001261.1256.9259±2.1206Pb/238U zirconHGF-01  Zircon  147176Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit, Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaHongge intrusionZhong and Zhu (2006)10.1007/s00126-006-0081-7MD41_599 
MD41_599-003-001262.4256.4259.4±3206Pb/238U zirconHGF-01  Zircon  147176Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit, Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaHongge intrusionZhong and Zhu (2006)10.1007/s00126-006-0081-7MD41_599 
MD41_599-004-001263.3256.9260.1±3.2206Pb/238U zirconHGF-01  Zircon  147176Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit, Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaHongge intrusionZhong and Zhu (2006)10.1007/s00126-006-0081-7MD41_599 
MD41_599-005-001264.9251.5258.2±6.7206Pb/238U zirconHGF-01  Zircon  147176Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit, Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaHongge intrusionZhong and Zhu (2006)10.1007/s00126-006-0081-7MD41_599 
MD41_599-012-001260.6258259.3±1.3206Pb/238U zirconHGF-01  Zircon  147176Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit, Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaHongge intrusionZhong and Zhu (2006)10.1007/s00126-006-0081-7MD41_599 
MD41_599-014261.5259.9260.7±0.8U-Pb zirconHGF-01  Zircon  147176Hongge V-Ti-Fe Deposit, Yanbian Co., Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaHongge intrusionZhong and Zhu (2006)10.1007/s00126-006-0081-7MD41_599 


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