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Locality Name:
Maguan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 192058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maguan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dulong Ore Field
Gadachang Cu Deposit
Jinzhulin Sn-(W) Deposit

Latitude: 22°56'55"N
Longitude: 104°30'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.948611111111,104.51333333333
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chamosite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661452003419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)145661452008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS145661452009052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi145661452001966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3145661452001935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS414566345200,45201,452055516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566245200,4520127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO214566545200,45202,45203,45204,452065171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14566245200,452055707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566345200,45201,4520527198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)814566145200577
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8145661452001756
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661452001025
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS145661452004165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6145661452004135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2145661452009895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661452008173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2145661452009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566245200,4520524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu1456614520030554
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O614566245200,45204741
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O82771452001689
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4145661452005591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566345200,45203,4520414899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)145661452004924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2145661452005800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566345200,45202,4520617380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)145661452002349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2145661452002273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566345200,45201,4520539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145661452009056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566445200,45201,45202,4520661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)145661452004894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)145661452006417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566545200,45201,45203,45204,4520521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS414566145200668
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661452002562
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)28277245200,4520456
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661452001025


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
Chen2007tbl01-0314566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stannite 52123Dulong Sn-Zn Deposit, Dulong Ore Field, Maguan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, ChinaDulong, Maguan, YunnanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Kristen002011828282 mineralization age     Sn, Zn52123Dulong Sn-Zn Deposit, Dulong Ore Field, Maguan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, ChinaDulongJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002012777777 mineralization age     Sn, Zn52123Dulong Sn-Zn Deposit, Dulong Ore Field, Maguan Co., Wenshan, Yunnan, ChinaDulongJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 

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