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Locality Name:
Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 165
Youngest recorded age at locality: 143.6

mindat Locality ID: 193273
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193273.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dading Fe-Sn Deposit
Dajianshan Mine
Jitishi W Deposit
Jubankeng Mine
Xihuashan Sn Deposit

Latitude: 24°24'14"N
Longitude: 114°34'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.403888888889,114.57694444444

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: Ag Al As B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleArgyroditeArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteHarkeriteHulsiteHumiteLudwigiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
OlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite
TopazVesuvianiteZircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Harkerite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hulsite  (*)Kotoite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nordenskiöldine  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Vonsenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1378712793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21651651378703419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)165143.6237870,378738803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS165165237870,378719052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61651651378702060
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS613787191
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2165143.6437870,37871,37873,378745171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2165143.6237870,3787327198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2165165137870285
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61651651378704135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1651651378708173
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F316516513787052
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2143.6143.61378739617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12137871663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS143.6143.6337871,37873,3787424243
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)16516513787011
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O316516513787014640
Hulsite  (*)HulsiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)16516513787015
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)216516513787020
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)165165137870134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416516513787014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1651651378704924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21651651378705800
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)165165137870153
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2165143.6237870,3787317380
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)216516513787016
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31378711425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2165143.6437870,37871,37873,3787439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8165165237870,378749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2165143.6337870,37872,3787361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)143.6143.61378734894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1378715186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS165143.6437870,37871,37873,3787421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41651651378701934
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)16516513787087
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131378715317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2143.6143.61378731476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21651651378702562
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)216516513787056
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101651651378701395
Vonsenite  (*)LudwigiteFe2+2Fe3+O2(BO3)16516513787062
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1651651378705251



2 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
Kristen001994165165165 mineralization age     Fe, Sn, Pb, Zn157704Dading Fe-Sn Deposit, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, ChinaDadingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen001997143.6143.6143.6 mineralization age     W, Sn157400Jubankeng Mine, Lianping Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, ChinaJubankengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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