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Locality Name:
Xiaopoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1304
Youngest recorded age at locality: 956

mindat Locality ID: 192786
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192786.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaopoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 24°59'44"N
Longitude: 108°46'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.995555555556,108.77472222222
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: As Co Cu Fe Ni S Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Co Cu Fe Ni S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideChalcopyriteCobaltiteMarcasiteNickelineNonePentlanditePerovskitePyriteSphalerite
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Awaruite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Awaruite  (*)Auricupride PerovskiteNi3Fe10049970166
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21004997027198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS10049970966
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2100499705674
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs10049970633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS10049970767
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8100499701512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21004997039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8100499709056
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1004997021482
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S410049970380


9 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
SC45_911-000091003961982±21Re-Os highcu-ni sulfidesDa-1,Da-11,Da-2,Da-21,Xh-7,Xh-71,P-1,P-11 Yes  234356Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan areaMao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-0000110641064 Re-Os cu-ni sulfidesDa-1 Yes  157684Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Dapoling)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-0000213041304 Re-Os cu-ni sulfidesDa-11 Yes  157684Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Dapoling)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-00003956956 Re-Os cu-ni sulfidesDa-2 Yes  157684Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Dapoling)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-00004990990 Re-Os cu-ni sulfidesDa-21 Yes  157684Dapoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Dapoling)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-00007962962 Re-Os cu-ni sulfidesP-1 Yes  192788Qingmingshan Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Qingmingshan)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-00008992992 Re-Os lowcu-ni sulfidesP-11 Yes  192788Qingmingshan Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Qingmingshan)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-0000510041004 Re-Os cu-ni sulfidesXh-7    192786Xiaopoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Xiaopoling)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 
SC45_911-00006997997 Re-Os cu-ni sulfidesXh-71    192786Xiaopoling Cu-Ni Deposit, Baotan Cu-Ni Ore Field, Baotan, Luocheng Mulao Autonomous County, Hechi, Guangxi, ChinaBaotan area (Xiaopoling)Mao and Du (2002)10.1360/02yd9090SC45_911 

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