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Locality Name:
Shanggao Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 192900
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192900.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shanggao Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cunqian Au-Cu Deposit
Qibaoshan Mine
Yueguangshan

Latitude: 28°18'44"N
Longitude: 115°1'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.312222222222,115.02916666667
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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CobaltiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphalerite
SpinelTetrahedriteWollastonite

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)
Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Franklinite  (*)Galena  (*)Glaucodot  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
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)2145661416643419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)145661416648803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145661416642734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2145661416643092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14566241664,416659052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21416655509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14166511547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS414566241664,416655516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11141665843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3145661416641089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566241664,4166527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)14566241664,416654979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14566241664,416655707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566241664,4166527198
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS141665966
Copper  (*)CopperCu145661416643846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1416654165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6145661416644135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214566241664,416659895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661416648173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2145661416649617
Franklinite  (*)SpinelZnFe3+2O41456614166452
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566241664,4166524243
Glaucodot  (*)Arsenopyrite(Co0.5Fe0.5)AsS141665131
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14566241664,416657437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1456614166430554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31456614166414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4145661416645591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566241664,4166514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21456614166412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS214566241664,416655674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566241664,4166517380
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)614566141664477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566241664,4166539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814566241664,416659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566241664,4166561156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)14566241664,416656417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)14566241664,416652473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566241664,4166521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13145661416645317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661416642562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31416661247


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
Chen2007tbl01-1314566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite 187000Cunqian Au-Cu Deposit, Shanggao Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, ChinaCunqian, Gao’an, JiangxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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