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Locality Name:
Mian Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1300
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1300

mindat Locality ID: 205252
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205252.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mian Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chadian P-Mn Deposit
Han River Placers (Hanjiang Placers)
Hougou-Dapingshan Mn Deposit
Jianchaling Mine
Lijiagou Au Deposit
Tongchang Ore Field

Latitude: 33°10'32"N
Longitude: 106°28'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.175555555556,106.4725

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

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 Ba C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sr Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Orpiment Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Godlevskite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orpiment ()*
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Portlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrochroite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Ranciéite ()*
Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Saponite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*
Silver ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Takanelite ()*
Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*
Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	42628	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1300	1300	4	42627,42628,42629,42630	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1300	1300	2	42628,42630	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42628	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1300	1300	2	42628,42631	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1300	1300	1	42631	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	42627	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1300	1300	4	42627,42628,42629,42631	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1300	1300	2	42629,42631	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1300	1300	4	42628,42629,42631,42632	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	42628	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42628	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	42628	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	42629	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			1	42629	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			1	42627	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1300	1300	3	42629,42631,42632	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1300	1300	5	42627,42628,42629,42631,42632	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1300	1300	3	42629,42631,42632	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	42628	24243
Godlevskite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	42628	40
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1300	1300	4	42626,42628,42629,42630	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	42628	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	42628	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	42628	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1300	1300	3	42628,42631,42632	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	42629	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	42627	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	42628	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	42628	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1300	1300	2	42628,42631	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	42627	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1300	1300	4	42627,42628,42629,42630	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	42628	633
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃			1	42628	511
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	42628	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	42628	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄			1	42628	131
Portlandite ()*	Brucite	Ca(OH)₂			1	42627	51
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1300	1300	5	42627,42628,42629,42631,42632	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂			1	42627	56
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	42627	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1300	1300	3	42628,42629,42630	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1300	1300	4	42627,42628,42629,42631	61156
Ranciéite ()*	None	(Ca,Mn²⁺)_0.2(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂·0.6H₂O			1	42627	177
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	42628	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	42625,42627,42628	1711
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O			1	42628	301
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			2	42628,42629	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄			1	42628	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1300	1300	2	42628,42630	5186
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)			1	42628	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1300	1300	2	42628,42630	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	42628	1934
Takanelite ()*	None	(Mn²⁺,Ca)_2x(Mn⁴⁺)_1-xO₂·0.7H₂O			1	42627	18
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	42628	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1300	1300	2	42628,42630	5317
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O			1	42627	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1300	1300	3	42628,42631,42632	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	42628	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	42628	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	42628	1025

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	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	Age Notes
	vms-00411	1300	1300	Mesoproterozoic										S	156636	Tongchang Cu-Au-polymetallic Deposit, Tongchang Ore Field, Mian Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China	Tongchang	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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