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Locality Name:
Diaoquan Cu-Ag Deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong, Shanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 187029
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187029.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Diaoquan Cu-Ag Deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong, Shanxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°31'18"N
Longitude: 114°29'46"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.521666666667,114.49611111111

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Jalpaite	Malachite	Marcasite	Meneghinite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pavonite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Jalpaite Malachite Marcasite Meneghinite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pavonite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pavonite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stromeyerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tenorite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wittichenite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	201	66	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	201	66	3419
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	201	66	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	201	66	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	201	66	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	201	66	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	201	66	5509
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	201	66	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	201	66	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	201	66	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	201	66	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	201	66	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	66	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	201	66	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	201	66	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	201	66	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	201	66	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	201	66	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	201	66	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	201	66	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	201	66	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	201	66	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	66	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	201	66	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	201	66	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	201	66	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	201	66	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	201	66	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	201	66	116
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201	66	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	201	66	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	201	66	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	201	66	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	201	66	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	201	66	192
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	201	66	2349
Pavonite ()*	Pavonite	AgBi₃S₅	201	66	72
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	201	66	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	66	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	201	66	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201	66	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	201	66	61156
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	201	66	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	201	66	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	66	21482
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	201	66	332
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	201	66	276
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	201	66	1101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	201	66	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	201	66	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	201	66	1395
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	201	66	297
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	201	66	1247

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
	Chen2007tbl01-54	201	66	Jurassic–Cretaceous									Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tenorite		187029	Diaoquan Cu-Ag Deposit, Lingqiu Co., Datong, Shanxi, China	Diaoquan, Lingqiu, Shanxi	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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