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Locality Name:
Luoshan 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: 185636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luoshan 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
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 Au Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S13311105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2133111027198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS133111024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu133111030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3133111014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)413311105591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4133111014899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2133111017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2133111039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2133111061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO213311105614
Silver  (*)CopperAg13311105186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS133111021482


3 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
G29_711-00001133111122±11Rb-Sr pyrite  YesPyrite  185630Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, ChinaVein 48, Dakaitou Deposit in the Linglong gold mineYang and Zhou (2001)10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2G29_711 
G29_711-00002126119.4122.7±11Rb-Sr pyrite  YesPyrite  185630Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, ChinaVein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mineYang and Zhou (2001)10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2G29_711 
G29_711-00003127.2118.8123±4.2Rb-Sr pyrite  YesPyrite  185630Dongshan Mine (incl. Dongshan Section; Dakaitou Section; Jiuqu Section), Linglong Au Deposit, Linglong Gold Camp, Zhaoyuan Co., Yantai, Jiaodong Peninsula (Jiaodong Gold Province), Shandong, ChinaVein 10, Jiuqu Deposit in the Linglong gold mineYang and Zhou (2001)10.1130/0091-7613(2001)029<0711:RSSNAP>2.0.CO;2G29_711 

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