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Locality Name:
Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 419
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 189077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Chalukou Mine
Louxiashan Pb-Ag Deposit
Pingshantou Ag-Au Deposit
Qixiashan Mine (Chihsiashan Mine; Nanjing Lead-zinc Mine; Yinmao Mine)
Zhouchongcun Gypsum Deposit

Latitude: 32°8'7"N
Longitude: 118°55'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.135277777778,118.93111111111
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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CoronaditeEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTetrahedrite
Wurtzite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Cervelleite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hessite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S41966341230,41231,412322793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2419661412323419
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)419661412322734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS201661412329052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)41966241230,4123211547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4201661412325516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4196614123227770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)419661412324979
Cervelleite  (*)NoneAg4TeS4196614123242
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220166241230,4123227198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O1641966141232599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2419661412329895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS441966141232910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)419661412328173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF241966241230,412329617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20166241230,4123224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu4196614123230554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O41966141232188
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O41966341230,41232,412336890
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te41966141232804
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S1441966141232784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4419661412325591
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)241966141232234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44196614123214899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)41966141232770
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201661412325674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS241966141232252
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)24196614123217380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]41966141232249
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]41966141232716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS341966241230,412321425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220166241229,4123239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2419661412323106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8201661412329056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24196614123261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)419661412321711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)419661412326417
Silver  (*)CopperAg20166241231,412325186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)419661412322473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2016614123221482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2419661412323337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1341966241230,412325317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2419661412322562


3 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
Chen2007tbl01-4420166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite 186584Qixiashan Mine (Chihsiashan Mine; Nanjing Lead-zinc Mine; Yinmao Mine), Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaQixiashan, Nanjing, JiangsuChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
sedexmvt-00107419252Devonian-Permian host rock age      186584Qixiashan Mine (Chihsiashan Mine; Nanjing Lead-zinc Mine; Yinmao Mine), Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaQixiashanTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-0017825266Mesozoic        186584Qixiashan Mine (Chihsiashan Mine; Nanjing Lead-zinc Mine; Yinmao Mine), Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, ChinaQixiashanSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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