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Locality Name:
Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 164.7
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 192088
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192088.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Changba U Deposit
Chilaoding Mine
Dabaoshan Mine
Xi'an Mine
Yaoling Mine

Latitude: 24°45'32"N
Longitude: 113°37'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.758888888889,113.62833333333

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Topaz	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*
Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferrimolybdite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tenorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Topaz Zircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	164.7	66	1	38057	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	164.7	66	1	38057	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	2	38057,38059	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	164.7	164.7	1	38057	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	164.7	66	1	38057	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	38057	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	164.7	66	1	38057	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	164.7	164.7	1	38057	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	38057,38059	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	38058	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	164.7	164.7	1	38057	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	38059	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	164.7	164.7	1	38057	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	164.7	164.7	1	38057	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	164.7	66	1	38057	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	164.7	66	1	38057	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	8173
Ferrimolybdite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂(Mo⁶⁺O₄)₃·7H₂O	164.7	164.7	1	38057	345
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	38059	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	2	38057,38059	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	164.7	66	1	38057	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	164.7	66	1	38057	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	164.7	66	1	38057	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	164.7	66	1	38057	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	164.7	66	1	38057	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	164.7	164.7	2	38057,38059	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	164.7	164.7	1	38057	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	164.7	164.7	1	38057	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	38059	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	2	38057,38059	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	2	38057,38059	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	164.7	66	2	38057,38059	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	164.7	66	1	38057	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	164.7	164.7	2	38057,38059	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	164.7	66	1	38057	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	164.7	66	1	38057	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	2	38057,38059	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			2	38056,38058	3418
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	164.7	164.7	1	38057	1101
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	38059	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	164.7	66	1	38057	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	38055	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	38059	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	38059	1025

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	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
Chen2007tbl01-07	145	66	Cretaceous		Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite		48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan, Qujiang, Guangdong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Kristen001993	164.7	164.7	164.7	mineralization age		Cu, W, Mo	48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267
sedznpb-00152	164	100	Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous				48874	Dabaoshan Mine, Qujiang District, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China	Dabaoshan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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