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Locality Name:
Lingshangou Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 133
Youngest recorded age at locality: 111

mindat Locality ID: 185628
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185628.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lingshangou Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetradymite

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetradymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	133	111	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	133	111	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	133	111	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	133	111	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	133	111	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	133	111	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	133	111	804
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	133	111	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	133	111	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	133	111	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	133	111	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	133	111	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	133	111	510

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
G29_711-00001	133	111	122±11	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Yes	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 48, Dakaitou Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711
G29_711-00002	126	119.4	122.7±11	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Yes	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711
G29_711-00003	127.2	118.8	123±4.2	Rb-Sr	pyrite	Yes	Pyrite	185630	Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, China	Vein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mine	Yang and Zhou (2001)	10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2	G29_711

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