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Locality Name:
Changchun, Jilin, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 189086
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189086.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Changchun, Jilin, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jiutai Co.
Shuangyang District

Latitude: 43°55'32"N
Longitude: 126°13'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.925555555556,126.22194444444
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 Au Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMicaMordenite
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Mordenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sanidine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22016614172227198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)201661417228173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21417199617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2016614172224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu2016614172230554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4201661417225591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42016614172214899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1417201508
Mordenite  (*)Mordenite(Na2,Ca,K2)4(Al8Si40)O96·28H2O141720405
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22016614172217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22016614172239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2241719,4172061156
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)141720598
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2016614172221482


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
Chen2007tbl01-5720166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum 187031Lanjia Fe-Cu-Au Deposit, Shuangyang District, Changchun, Jilin, ChinaLanjia, Shuangyang, JilinChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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