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Locality Name:
Heng Co., Nanning, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 186810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Heng Co., Nanning, Guangxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baihe Au Deposit
Hetang Complex
Liuhe Au Deposit
Nanxiang Au Deposit (Hengxian Au Deposit)
Tunling U Deposit

Latitude: 22°43'3"N
Longitude: 109°16'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.7175,109.28083333333

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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo O Pb S Sb Si U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
EpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelStibniteTetrahedriteZircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS145661385779052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13857811547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi145661385771966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3145661385771935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41385795516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31385791089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)238578,3857927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566338577,38578,3857927198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O138579566
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661385778173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566338577,38578,3857924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566238577,3857830554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61385782228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414566238577,385785591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4238575,3857614899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214566238577,385785800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213857817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566438574,38577,38578,3857939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213857861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566238577,3857921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31385783418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131385795317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21385792718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1385785251



1 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
Chen2007tbl01-0514566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 186996Liuhe Au Deposit, Heng Co., Nanning, Guangxi, ChinaLiuhe, Hengxian, GuangxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


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