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Locality Name:
Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 187054
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187054.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bailing Au Deposit
Yueshan Ore Field

Latitude: 30°38'17"N
Longitude: 116°52'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.638055555556,116.87166666667

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Perovskite	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Stilpnomelane
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Wollastonite	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 Cl Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite
Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Perovskite Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Stilpnomelane
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	3	36883,36886,36888	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	145	66	1	36886	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	145	66	2	36883,36886	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	145	66	2	36883,36886	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	36881	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	36881	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	145	66	1	36883	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	145	66	1	36883	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	3	36883,36886,36888	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	3	36881,36886,36888	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	5	36881,36883,36886,36888,36889	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	1	36888	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	2	36881,36886	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			1	36881	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	145	66	2	36883,36886	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	145	66	1	36883	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	2	36883,36886	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	145	66	2	36886,36890	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	3	36881,36883,36886	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	36883	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	145	66	1	36883	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	36881	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	1	36886	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	3	36881,36883,36886	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	1	36883	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	145	66	1	36883	139
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	144.3	132.4	3	36883,36886,36888	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	4	36881,36883,36886,36888	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	36881	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	36883	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	145	66	2	36883,36886	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	6	36881,36883,36884,36886,36888,36890	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	36883	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	36883,36886	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	6	36881,36883,36884,36886,36888,36889	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	1	36889	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	36881	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	36881	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	145	66	1	36886	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	3	36881,36883,36886	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	145	66	1	36886	456
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	36883	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	36883	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	145	66	2	36883,36886	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	145	66	2	36883,36886	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	145	66	2	36883,36886	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	36881	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	2	36883,36886	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	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
Michelle_0001	138.1	134.1	136.1±2.0	Os-Os	Age of vein mineralization	molybdenite	YS-4	Molybdenite	Bornite, Chalcopyrite	Cu, Mo	107602	Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Yueshan Cu-Mo vein	Sun et al. (2003)	10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.175	EG98_175	Fig. 2A, Fig. 3A
Chen2007tbl01-32	145	66	Cretaceous						Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing, Huaining, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Mo-00321	137	132.4	134.7±2.3	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-1	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00322	139.4	136.4	137.9±1.5	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-1	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00323	144.3	140.9	142.6±1.7	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-2	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00324	139.6	135.2	137.4±2.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	YU-2	Molybdenite		Mo	134681	Anqing Copper Mine, Yueshan Ore Field, Huaining Co., Anqing, Anhui, China	Anqing	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307

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