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Locality Name:
Tongyu Gold Field, Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 2600

mindat Locality ID: 185923
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185923.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongyu Gold Field, Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dongtongyu Mine (Tongyu II Deposit)
Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I Deposit)

Latitude: 34°24'37"N
Longitude: 110°18'53"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.410277777778,110.31472222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Maldonite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Titanite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2600	2600	1	42759	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2600	2600	1	42758	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2600	2600	1	42758	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2600	2600	1	42758	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2600	2600	1	42758	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2600	2600	1	42759	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	14899
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	2600	2600	1	42759	88
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2600	2600	1	42759	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	2600	2600	1	42759	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2600	2600	1	42758	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2600	2600	1	42758	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2600	2600	1	42758	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2600	2600	1	42759	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2600	2600	2	42758,42759	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2600	2600	1	42759	3418
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2600	2600	1	42758	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2600	2600	1	42758	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	vms-00413	2600	2600	Neoarchean-Paleoproterozoic (2.8-2.6 Ga)										S	185921	Tongyu Mine (Tongyu I Deposit), Tongyu Gold Field, Tongguan Co., Weinan, Shaanxi, China	Tongyu	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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