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Locality Name:
Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66.3

mindat Locality ID: 186746
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186746.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaoming District, Foshan, Guangdong, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Changkeng-Fuwan Au-Ag Deposit
Chashan Pb-Zn Deposit
Hecun Pb-Zn Deposit
Hengjiang Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Nanpengshan Mn Deposit

Latitude: 22°57'57"N
Longitude: 112°47'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.965833333333,112.78972222222

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCoronadite
CovelliteDigeniteEpidoteFluoriteGarnetGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNone
OrpimentOwyheeitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStibnite
TetrahedriteWollastoniteZircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Copper  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diaphorite  (*)
Dickite  (*)Digenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Miargyrite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)
Owyheeite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scorodite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Vernadite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S66.366.31378482793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS109.966.3237847,378489052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)109.9109.913784711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS466.366.31378485516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS366.366.31378481089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)109.966.3437847,37848,37849,3785127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S109.9109.9337847,37849,378515707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O137852197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS266.366.3337848,37849,3785127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS109.966.3237847,378482600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1378513846
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16137852227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS109.9109.91378474165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16137852599
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S866.366.3137848126
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4109.9109.9137847651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S66.366.31378481027
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)66.366.3237848,378518173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2109.966.3337847,37848,378519617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS66.366.3437848,37849,37850,3785124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu109.9109.9237847,3784930554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31378511544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O109.9109.91378476890
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4109.966.3237847,378485591
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2137852210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4109.9109.913784714899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2109.9109.91378475674
Miargyrite  (*)NoneAgSbS266.366.3137848300
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2109.966.3437846,37847,37848,3784917380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3109.9109.9137847511
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2866.366.313784889
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]66.366.3137848716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3109.966.3237847,37848733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS366.366.31378481425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2109.966.3437847,37848,37849,3785039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21378523106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2109.966.3437847,37848,37849,3785161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS109.9109.9137847712
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O109.9109.91378471153
Silver  (*)CopperAg66.366.31378485186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS109.966.3537847,37848,37849,37850,3785121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS466.366.3137848586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3109.966.3237847,378483418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1366.366.31378485317
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O13785265
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31378511247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)109.9109.91378475251



2 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
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 


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