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Locality Name:
Qingliu Co., Sanming, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 156.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 156.3

mindat Locality ID: 187429
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187429.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qingliu Co., Sanming, Fujian, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beikeng Mine
Xingluokeng W-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 26°8'59"N
Longitude: 116°46'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.149722222222,116.78305555556

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicBerylBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluorite
GypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyriteQuartz
RutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibniteTalcTungstite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andalusite  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)156.3156.31374698803
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5156.3156.31374691310
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2156.3156.31374695509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18156.3156.31374694286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi156.3156.31374691966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3156.3156.31374691935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)156.3156.3137469716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)156.3156.313746927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2156.3156.31374695171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2156.3156.313746927198
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O4156.3156.3137469321
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2156.3156.31374699617
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O156.3156.31374696890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3156.3156.313746914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4156.3156.31374695591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2156.3156.313746912537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2156.3156.31374695800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3156.3156.3137469140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O156.3156.31374691508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2156.3156.313746917380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)156.3156.31374692349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2156.3156.313746939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2156.3156.31374693106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2156.3156.313746961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2156.3156.31374695614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)156.3156.31374694894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS156.3156.313746921482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2156.3156.31374693337
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O156.3156.3137469118



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
Kristen001986156.3156.3156.3 mineralization age     W, Mo16290Xingluokeng W-Mo Deposit, Qingliu Co., Sanming, Fujian, ChinaXingluokengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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