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Locality Name:
Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 342

mindat Locality ID: 185995
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185995.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 23
Child Localities:
Baguamiao Mine
Chaima Au Deposit
Changgou Pb-Zn Deposit
Donggou Pb-Zn Deposit
Erlihe Pb-Zn Deposit (Bafangshan Pb-Zn Deposit)
Fengya Zn-Pb Deposit
Gangou Pb-Zn-Cu Occurrence
Jianduanshan Pb-Zn Deposit
Jiuzigou Cu Deposit
Pangjiahe Au Deposit
Qiandongshan Mine (Qiantongshan Mine)
Qingyagou Au Occurrence
Santaishan Au Deposit
Shoubanya Pb-Zn Deposit
Simaoling Au Deposit
Tanjiagou Pb-Zn Deposit
Weiziping-Angou Pb-Zn Deposit
Weiziping-Donggou Pb-Zn Deposit
Wenjiangsi Au Deposit
Xiaoliyuan Au Deposit
Yangjiawan Cu-Pb-Zn Occurrence
Yindongliang Mine
Yinmusi Mine

Latitude: 33°56'17"N
Longitude: 106°44'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.938055555556,106.74611111111

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Annite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite

50 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)	393	342	4	42568,42569,42572,42578	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			2	42568,42569	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	393	342	1	42578	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	393	342	6	42568,42572,42578,42586,42589,42590	3092
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	42568	356
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	393	342	6	42568,42572,42577,42578,42586,42589	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	393	342	2	42572,42578	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	393	342	3	42568,42572,42578	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	42568	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	393	342	7	42568,42569,42572,42577,42578,42586,42590	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	393	342	1	42578	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	393	342	1	42572	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	393	342	10	42568,42569,42572,42573,42574,42578,42586,42588,42589,42590	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	393	342	2	42578,42586	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	393	342	2	42568,42572	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	393	342	6	42568,42569,42572,42577,42578,42590	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	42568	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	393	342	1	42578	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	393	342	18	42568,42569,42570,42571,42572,42573,42574,42575,42577,42578,42581,42583,42584,42585,42586,42588,42589,42590	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	42568,42569,42577,42586	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	393	342	2	42572,42578	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	393	342	2	42572,42578	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	393	342	1	42578	1689
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	42569	804
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	393	342	1	42578	1066
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	42568	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	42568,42586	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	42568,42586	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	393	342	2	42578,42586	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	393	342	3	42568,42578,42586	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			2	42568,42586	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	42568	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	393	342	6	42568,42569,42572,42577,42578,42586	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	42586	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	393	342	9	42568,42569,42572,42573,42577,42578,42586,42589,42590	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	393	342	1	42572	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	393	342	4	42568,42569,42572,42586	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	393	342	8	42568,42569,42572,42577,42578,42586,42589,42590	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	42586	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	42568	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	393	342	1	42578	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	42568	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	393	342	1	42578	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	393	342	18	42568,42569,42570,42571,42572,42573,42574,42575,42577,42578,42581,42583,42584,42585,42586,42588,42589,42590	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	393	342	4	42568,42572,42578,42586	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	42568	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	42568	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	42586	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	393	342	2	42572,42578	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	42568	4899

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference ID
sedexmvt-00086	393	359	Middle-Late Devonian	host rock age	156268	Erlihe Pb-Zn Deposit (Bafangshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Bafangshan	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00145	374	342	342–374		156268	Erlihe Pb-Zn Deposit (Bafangshan Pb-Zn Deposit), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Bafangshan	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00105	393	383	Middle Devonian	host rock age	156248	Qiandongshan Mine (Qiantongshan Mine), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Qiandongshan	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00175	374	342	374–342		156248	Qiandongshan Mine (Qiantongshan Mine), Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Qiandongshan	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252
sedexmvt-00113	393	383	Middle Devonian	host rock age	235105	Yindongliang Mine, Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Yindongliang	Taylor et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009_1297
sedznpb-00189	374	342	374–342		156226	Yinmusi Mine, Feng Co., Baoji, Shaanxi, China	Yinmusi	Singer et al. (2009)	USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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