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Locality Name:
Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 17849
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17849.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guangdong, China": 378
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 283

Number of Child Localities: 20
Child Localities:
Chaozhou
Dojeshan Mine
Foshan
Guangzhou
Heyuan
Huizhou
Jiangmen
Jieyang
Maoming
Meizhou
Qingyuan
Shantou
Shanwei
Shaoguan
Shenzhen
Yangchuan Intrusion
Yangjiang
Yunfu
Zhanjiang
Zhaoqing

Latitude: 23°10'22"N
Longitude: 113°31'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.172777777778,113.52305555556

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 B Ba Be Bi Br C Ca Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo N Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ta Te Th Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H Mn O P Sn Ta Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAllophaneAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArgyrodite
ArsenicArseniosideriteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBastnäsiteBerylBismutiteBixbyiteBournonite
BrauniteBrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteCeriteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteChloriteClayClinozoisite
ColumbiteCopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidote
FeldsparFillowiteFluoriteGarnetGraftoniteGypsumHarkeriteHulsiteHumiteIron
JalpaiteKaoliniteKobelliteLepidocrociteLillianiteLudwigiteMalachiteMarcasiteMeneghiniteMeta-autunite
MicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineOrpimentOwyheeiteParahopeitePerovskite
PhenakitePhosphuranylitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSchoepiteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStaurolite
StibniteTalcTarbuttiteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTridymiteTungstiteVesuvianite
VivianiteWollastoniteWurtziteWölsendorfiteZinkeniteZircon

244 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)
Almandine  (*)Aluminium  (*)Alunite  (*)Amesite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Annite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Antimony  (*)Arseniosiderite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Asbolane  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bassetite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Becquerelite  (*)Beryl  (*)Betekhtinite  (*)
Beudantite  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bismutite  (*)Bixbyite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Bromargyrite  (*)Brookite  (*)Buddingtonite  (*)Calciouranoite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)
Cinnabar  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coffinite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Copper  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferberite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Fourmarierite  (*)Franklinite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Galileiite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graftonite  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Halite  (*)Harkerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hocartite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Hulsite  (*)Humite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Iron  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kleemanite  (*)Kotoite  (*)Larosite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Manganite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)
Merrillite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)Metatorbernite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nepheline  (*)Nontronite  (*)Nordenskiöldine  (*)Nsutite  (*)
Nuffieldite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Ourayite  (*)
Owyheeite  (*)Parahopeite  (*)Uranophane-β  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Phosphohedyphane  (*)
Phosphuranylite  (*)Phurcalite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rosasite  (*)Rutile  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoepite  (*)Scholzite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Siderophyllite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Staurolite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Sternbergite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Stolzite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Taenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tarbuttite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Thorite  (*)Tintinaite  (*)Titanite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Troilite  (*)Tschermakite  (*)Tsumoite  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Ustarasite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Vanmeersscheite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vernadite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Vismirnovite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Vonsenite  (*)Whitlockite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wodginite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Yingjiangite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S393661737840,37842,37848,37871,37950,38032,38057,38071,38125,38136,38153,38162,38166,38171,38173,38174,381812793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)216566937870,37883,37889,38019,38057,38059,38102,38171,381733419
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6137862286
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3138032315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)165663237870,37873,37885,37909,37952,37959,37985,37992,37995,37997,38011,38033,38057,38059,38088,38091,38096,38101,38111,38141,38144,38157,38161,38163,38171,38173,38178,38188,38195,38200,38201,382038803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3338033,38178,382002353
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl119.5119.513784227
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6137934966
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)4238050,3808274
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21381552162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5164.766337842,38033,380571310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3237952,381571534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)393323337977,38071,381662734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1381571588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2393323537885,38071,38168,38201,382033092
Annite  (*)Mica ClayKFe2+3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2137862356
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)9393338053,38086,381021036
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb137947363
Arseniosiderite  (*)ArseniosideriteCa2Fe3+3O2(AsO4)3·3H2O137977194
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS393663237840,37842,37847,37848,37870,37871,37881,37883,37885,37909,37947,37995,38011,38057,38059,38071,38091,38096,38125,38136,38145,38153,38155,38157,38162,38163,38166,38171,38173,38174,38194,382029052
Asbolane  (*)Not in a structural groupMn4+(O,OH)2·(Co,Ni,Mg,Ca)x(OH)2x·nH2O137877143
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61651651378702060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O9393737899,37963,37988,38051,38064,38073,380981272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2164.7164.7338057,38136,381415509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393109.9737847,37879,38071,38136,38155,38157,3818111547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1013796351
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F138115304
Becquerelite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)6O4(OH)6·8H2O939313809892
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18164.766737958,38057,38088,38091,38092,38096,381634286
Betekhtinite  (*)None(Cu,Fe)21Pb2S1532329313795045
Beudantite  (*)AlunitePbFe3+3(AsO4)(SO4)(OH)6137977413
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O323293137940178
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3137927214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi337927,37958,381931966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3393662437842,37926,37927,37948,37958,38008,38010,38012,38016,38019,38052,38057,38059,38071,38088,38091,38092,38096,38147,38163,38166,38180,38188,382121935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)137927716
Bixbyite  (*)BixbyiteMn3+2O3138155104
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4393661237848,37885,37927,37950,38011,38057,38071,38096,38141,38162,38166,381955516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11237885,37947843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS339366.3237848,380711089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)323293137940483
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr137885227
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO2138096700
Buddingtonite  (*)Feldspar(NH4)(AlSi3)O813792027
Calciouranoite  (*)Wölsendorfite(Ca,Ba,Pb,K,Na)U2O7·5H2O93931380984
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393666137840,37847,37848,37849,37851,37860,37883,37885,37908,37909,37910,37938,37947,37950,37952,37958,37982,37988,38011,38017,38020,38033,38036,38039,38040,38043,38046,38050,38057,38064,38071,38096,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112,38125,38136,38141,38143,38153,38154,38155,38157,38166,38171,38173,38174,38181,38201,38202,3820327770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS6237871,3816691
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4323293137950154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2165665437840,37864,37865,37870,37871,37873,37874,37885,37903,37907,37909,37916,37917,37925,37926,37927,37958,37959,37964,37999,38008,38019,38028,38029,38030,38033,38046,38052,38057,38059,38088,38091,38092,38093,38125,38127,38129,38132,38140,38143,38144,38145,38147,38153,38155,38161,38162,38163,38170,38171,38173,38174,38199,382155171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)393323937885,38039,38071,38125,38136,38153,38157,38171,381744979
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4137947352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S393931437842,37847,37849,37851,37885,37910,37927,37950,38057,38071,38091,38101,38136,381815707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O437852,37945,37990,38155197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393667237840,37842,37848,37849,37851,37861,37870,37873,37881,37882,37883,37885,37889,37908,37909,37910,37926,37927,37934,37947,37948,37950,37958,37960,37973,37975,38001,38011,38012,38019,38020,38032,38033,38057,38059,38071,38091,38092,38096,38101,38108,38124,38125,38130,38134,38136,38137,38140,38141,38143,38144,38145,38147,38153,38155,38157,38162,38163,38166,38168,38171,38173,38174,38180,38181,38188,38195,38201,38202,38203,38204,3821527198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS2138020162
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)89393138098577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl237885,381551382
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2165165137870285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4238113,381523902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1381413531
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS39366.3637847,37848,38058,38071,38074,381662600
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)89393637889,38050,38082,38101,38102,381571756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O93931338099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112566
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6138209518
Copper  (*)CopperCu323164.7537851,37950,38057,38141,381573846
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181380591008
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16437852,37945,37990,38155227
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5119.5119.5237842,38092344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS164.7109.9537847,37885,38057,38136,381954165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16937852,37877,37938,37939,37943,37945,37986,37990,38155599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O164.7164.71380572970
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S866.366.3237848,37947126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4109.9109.9437847,37934,37988,38040651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S66.366.3337848,37934,381571027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O616566937870,37883,37948,37952,37995,38057,38141,38144,381574135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2393661837883,37947,37952,37988,38011,38013,38020,38057,38071,38141,38154,38155,38157,38164,38168,38170,38172,382029895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)237947,38166180
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2138032246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4337934,38032,38091910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)165661837848,37851,37860,37870,37883,37885,37948,37952,37990,38019,38057,38059,38064,38098,38136,38157,38181,381958173
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)119.5119.5137842551
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4137969196
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O164.7164.7138057345
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3165165237870,3800152
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239366.35437847,37848,37851,37859,37860,37873,37879,37881,37889,37909,37926,37927,37948,37952,37958,37959,37961,37967,37976,38005,38037,38038,38041,38047,38050,38059,38064,38071,38075,38081,38082,38087,38091,38092,38096,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112,38143,38144,38155,38162,38163,381819617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1381131188
Fourmarierite  (*)SchoepitePb1-xO3-2x(UO2)4(OH)4+2x·4H2O939313809861
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O432329313795052
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12393323537840,37871,37947,38071,38173663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3138173105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393668637840,37842,37848,37849,37850,37851,37861,37871,37873,37874,37883,37885,37889,37891,37893,37894,37908,37909,37910,37927,37931,37933,37944,37947,37948,37950,37958,37960,37973,37975,37977,37978,37988,38006,38011,38013,38016,38017,38019,38020,38028,38029,38032,38033,38039,38044,38045,38057,38059,38064,38071,38088,38096,38101,38108,38125,38126,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38142,38144,38145,38153,38155,38157,38162,38163,38164,38166,38167,38168,38170,38171,38172,38173,38174,38181,38182,38188,38194,38201,3820224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4119.5119.5237842,38092192
Galileiite  (*)FillowiteNaFe2+4(PO4)31381135
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3164.766138057504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)164.766837876,37877,37925,37964,38057,38095,38098,381557437
Gold  (*)CopperAu164.7662737840,37842,37847,37849,37860,37868,37922,37947,37995,38011,38032,38057,38136,38150,38151,38155,38166,38173,38181,38191,38193,38194,38196,38201,38202,38203,3820430554
Graftonite  (*)GraftoniteFe2+Fe2+2(PO4)2138113107
Graphite  (*)NoneC337947,37971,379722812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3337851,37952,381571544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O109.9109.9237847,381576890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1380251398
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)16516513787011
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6137952741
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3119.5119.5237842,38032104
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S237876,38096237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393664037869,37870,37876,37899,37927,37947,37950,37952,37964,37988,38019,38039,38050,38057,38062,38063,38064,38068,38069,38070,38071,38073,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112,38130,38151,38154,38155,3815914640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1380421689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te138092804
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS413817331
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16323293237940,38155243
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)138212469
Hulsite  (*)HulsiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)16516513787015
Humite  (*)HumiteMg7(SiO4)3F213794880
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O39301737865,37889,37903,37907,37915,37917,37919,38096,38098,38118,38119,38152,38155,38177,38178,38184,382085433
Iron  (*)IronFe1381131089
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2238166,38181116
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14393323537840,38071,38125,38171,38173784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61382022228
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2119.5119.513784250
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S119.5119.513784286
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4164.7661337847,37848,37920,37927,37995,38057,38059,38064,38076,38098,38155,38162,381955591
Kleemanite  (*)NoneZnAl2(PO4)2(OH)2·3H2O1379433
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)216516513787020
Larosite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)21PbBiS133232931379506
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)9393138102581
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6138166128
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2737852,37877,37938,37939,37943,37986,38155210
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)165165237870,38001134
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2238019,38141238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4323663837847,37861,37870,37881,37882,37888,37889,37919,37925,37927,37948,37950,37952,37960,37964,37981,38001,38019,38033,38039,38046,38057,38059,38095,38096,38111,38124,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38141,38155,38181,38182,3821514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2338039,38136,3814112537
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi13819388
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)138155770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2393662537847,37885,37988,38039,38050,38057,38071,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112,38125,38153,38166,38171,381745674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2138092252
Merrillite  (*)CeriteCa9NaMg(PO4)7138113230
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O9393138112388
Metatorbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·8H2O9393138098443
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS266.366.3237848,37947300
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)16593637842,37870,38039,38096,38098,381614924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1379771107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2165933437842,37861,37870,37881,37883,37926,37927,37952,37958,37959,38052,38057,38059,38064,38088,38089,38091,38092,38096,38101,38130,38132,38138,38141,38143,38145,38147,38155,38157,38180,38182,38188,38195,382125800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3164.7164.7138057140
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)165165137870153
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O93931380981508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393667237842,37846,37847,37848,37849,37861,37870,37873,37881,37883,37885,37889,37908,37909,37910,37926,37927,37934,37944,37947,37950,37958,37959,37995,38011,38013,38019,38020,38032,38033,38039,38045,38046,38057,38059,38064,38071,38088,38091,38092,38096,38098,38101,38108,38112,38125,38130,38136,38138,38141,38143,38144,38153,38155,38159,38161,38162,38163,38166,38168,38171,38173,38174,38180,38181,38182,38188,38194,38195,38201,38202,3820317380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)237862,37968884
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O137885471
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)216516513787016
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x323293437938,37939,37940,38155121
Nuffieldite  (*)KobelliteCu1.4Pb2.4Bi2.4Sb0.2S732329313795032
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O9393437885,38053,38086,380982994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3109.9109.9137847511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)155155437927,37952,38141,381952349
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S13238032,3816624
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2839366.3237848,3807189
Parahopeite  (*)ParahopeiteZn3(PO4)2·4H2O165165011
Uranophane-β  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O9393138098144
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21379482273
Phosphohedyphane  (*)ApatiteCa2Pb3(PO4)3Cl13815271
Phosphuranylite  (*)PhosphuranyliteKCa(H3O)3(UO2)7(PO4)4O4·8H2O9393238107,38111182
Phurcalite  (*)PhosphuranyliteCa2(UO2)3O2(PO4)2·7H2O939313811220
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6137990477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]66.366.3637848,38125,38166,38171,38173,38181716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)164.7164.7138057494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21380591898
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS339366.3437847,37848,38071,38091733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS339366.3937840,37848,37871,37947,38071,38125,38166,38171,381731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23936612437840,37842,37847,37848,37849,37850,37861,37870,37871,37873,37874,37881,37882,37883,37885,37888,37889,37891,37893,37894,37908,37909,37920,37922,37926,37927,37934,37938,37944,37947,37950,37958,37960,37973,37988,37995,38008,38010,38011,38013,38014,38015,38017,38019,38021,38022,38029,38032,38033,38036,38039,38040,38043,38044,38045,38046,38050,38057,38059,38062,38063,38064,38065,38068,38069,38070,38071,38073,38074,38075,38081,38082,38088,38091,38092,38095,38096,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112,38125,38126,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38141,38143,38152,38153,38154,38155,38157,38159,38162,38163,38166,38167,38168,38171,38173,38174,38180,38181,38182,38188,38194,38195,38201,38202,38203,3820439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21137852,37885,37938,37939,37943,37945,37986,37990,38136,38151,381553106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl237885,381521725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2437909,37935,38091,38092771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8393664337840,37842,37861,37870,37874,37881,37882,37883,37885,37909,37926,37927,37947,37960,38011,38015,38019,38029,38039,38057,38059,38071,38088,38096,38098,38125,38130,38138,38144,38153,38155,38157,38162,38163,38166,38168,38171,38173,38174,38180,38201,38202,382039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO239315512237840,37842,37847,37848,37849,37851,37861,37870,37872,37873,37876,37881,37883,37885,37889,37908,37909,37910,37920,37922,37923,37926,37927,37928,37934,37935,37947,37950,37952,37958,37959,37988,37990,37995,38008,38010,38011,38019,38020,38028,38032,38033,38039,38040,38046,38050,38053,38057,38059,38062,38063,38064,38068,38069,38070,38071,38075,38081,38082,38086,38088,38089,38091,38092,38096,38097,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112,38118,38121,38122,38123,38125,38127,38129,38130,38131,38132,38135,38136,38138,38139,38141,38143,38144,38145,38150,38153,38155,38157,38159,38161,38162,38163,38166,38167,38168,38171,38173,38174,38180,38181,38184,38187,38191,38194,38195,38201,38202,38203,3821261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS109.9109.9137847712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)737885,37923,37928,37938,38036,38043,381621711
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)2138155454
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23931551937842,37889,37907,37915,37916,37917,38011,38057,38071,38098,38118,38119,38136,38152,38155,38177,38181,38184,381955614
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O8237858,37904353
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)137909598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)393932937842,37873,37881,37927,37948,37952,37958,37959,38010,38012,38019,38046,38052,38057,38059,38071,38088,38091,38092,38096,38111,38132,38138,38140,38143,38144,38163,38180,381814894
Schoepite  (*)Schoepite(UO2)4O(OH)6(H2O)6939313809894
Scholzite  (*)NoneCaZn2(PO4)2·2H2O165165020
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O109.9109.9337847,37885,379771153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)393661237885,37923,37928,37938,37950,38036,38043,38057,38071,38136,38141,382026417
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)213803392
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4323293137950249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51382001516
Silver  (*)CopperAg39366.31737840,37848,37860,37871,37947,38032,38071,38125,38136,38153,38155,38162,38166,38171,38173,38174,381815186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)39366538042,38057,38071,38136,381642473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl137862444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3323293237940,381551214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393668937840,37842,37843,37847,37848,37849,37850,37851,37861,37870,37871,37873,37874,37883,37885,37889,37891,37893,37894,37908,37909,37910,37926,37927,37931,37933,37944,37947,37948,37950,37958,37960,37973,37975,37977,37978,38001,38006,38011,38013,38016,38017,38020,38028,38029,38032,38033,38039,38040,38044,38045,38046,38057,38059,38071,38088,38096,38101,38108,38125,38126,38130,38134,38136,38137,38138,38140,38142,38144,38145,38153,38155,38157,38162,38163,38164,38166,38167,38168,38170,38171,38172,38173,38174,38181,38182,38194,38201,3820221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4165165237870,381811934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4937840,37885,38125,38144,38153,38166,38171,38173,38174668
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)238033,38200978
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS439366.3437840,37848,38071,38155586
Sternbergite  (*)CubaniteAgFe2S313818162
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S339366.31037847,37848,37860,37947,38004,38040,38056,38058,38071,380743418
Stolzite  (*)ScheelitePb(WO4)138155156
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS323293237950,38166332
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)165165237870,3800187
Taenite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)138113703
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2637883,37948,37998,38000,38171,381733337
Tarbuttite  (*)TarbuttiteZn2(PO4)(OH)165165011
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3338032,38193,38200276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S13323293237950,380321803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO164.7164.71380571101
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S119.5119.5137842510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339366.31937840,37848,37871,37885,37927,37947,37950,38011,38020,38032,38071,38096,38125,38155,38166,38171,38173,38181,381955317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)93931380981006
Tintinaite  (*)KobellitePb10Cu2Sb16S3513809224
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O9393337926,38098,381414899
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O323293237940,38155433
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2143.6119.51537842,37873,37888,37909,37926,37927,37959,38019,38033,38059,38091,38096,38143,38144,381631476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O9393437963,38051,38065,380981059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)216566837870,37883,37909,37948,37995,38057,38125,381712562
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1381131044
Tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)213814173
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe138032100
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O137927118
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO293933937899,37900,37954,37955,37988,38050,38055,38062,38063,38064,38065,38067,38068,38069,38070,38073,38080,38081,38082,38083,38084,38085,38092,38099,38100,38101,38102,38103,38104,38105,38106,38107,38108,38110,38111,38112,38154,38158,381592718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O939313809889
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O9393737899,37988,38064,38065,38073,38098,38158890
Ustarasite  (*)NonePb(Bi,Sb)6S10119.5119.51378429
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3137947369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl138152605
Vanmeersscheite  (*)NoneU(UO2)3(PO4)2(OH)6·4H2O1379888
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)2165165237870,3804656
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O337852,37945,3799065
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10165165337870,37948,381571395
Vismirnovite  (*)PerovskiteZnSn(OH)61380464
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O237885,38197636
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)16516513787062
Whitlockite  (*)CeriteCa9Mg(PO3OH)(PO4)6138113104
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4323293137950303
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3323293237950,38032297
Wodginite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+Sn4+Ta2O816585078
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3437851,37983,38157,382021247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)9301037888,37916,37927,38098,38118,38119,38155,38177,38184,38206939
Yingjiangite  (*)PhosphuranyliteK2Ca(UO2)7(PO4)4(OH)6·6H2O93931380989
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42338125,38171,38173228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)16501937847,37864,37865,37870,37907,37915,37917,37919,38059,38107,38111,38118,38119,38141,38152,38155,38177,38184,382085251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1380591025



18 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
Kristen002015119.5119.5119.5 mineralization age     W157401Lianhuashan W-Au Deposit, Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, ChinaLianhuashanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002016109.9109.9109.9 mineralization age     Au157678Changkeng Au Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, ChinaChangkengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen00201766.366.366.3 mineralization age     Ag, Au, Cu157679Fuwan Ag Deposit, Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit, Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, ChinaFuwanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen001994165165165 mineralization age     Fe, Sn, Pb, Zn157704Dading Fe-Sn Deposit, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, ChinaDadingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen001997143.6143.6143.6 mineralization age     W, Sn157400Jubankeng Mine, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, ChinaJubankengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
DeepDive-Co-0001323293308Re-Os       157910Yushui Mine, Mei Co., Meizhou, Guangdong, ChinaYushuiHuang et al. (2015)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.04.018OGR70_281 
Chen2007tbl01-0714566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite 48874Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaDabaoshan, Qujiang, GuangdongChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Kristen001993164.7164.7164.7 mineralization age     Cu, W, Mo48874Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaDabaoshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
sedznpb-00152164100Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous        48874Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaDabaoshanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
sedexmvt-00094393359Middle-Late Devonian host rock age      48873Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaFankouTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00157359323Early Carboniferous        48873Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaFankouSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 
Kristen002025939393 mineralization age     U14754Xiazhuang Uranium Ore Field (Xiwang Uranium Ore Field), Wengyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaXiazhuangJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
ree-00296660Cenozoic        157944Nanshanhai Mine, Jiangcheng District, Yangjiang, Guangdong, ChinaNanshanhaiOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Kristen002023959595 mineralization age     W, Sn255214Dajinshan W-Sn Deposit, Yuncheng District, Yunfu, Guangdong, ChinaDajinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002024858585 mineralization age     W, Sn255214Dajinshan W-Sn Deposit, Yuncheng District, Yunfu, Guangdong, ChinaDajinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
ree-00302660Cenozoic        157949Zhanjiang REE Deposit, Potou District, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, ChinaZhanjiang districtOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
ree-00311660Cenozoic        157949Zhanjiang REE Deposit, Potou District, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, ChinaZhanjiangOrris and Grauch (2002) USGSOFR02_189 
Kristen002004155155155 mineralization age     Cu, Mo229204Yuanzhuding Cu-Mo Deposit, Fengkai Co., Zhaoqing, Guangdong, ChinaYuanzhudingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050007Pingtouling Mine (Dashuihu Mine), Liannan Co., Qingyuan, Guangdong, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R050007


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