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Locality Name:
Guanmenshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Fushun Co., Fushun, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 205282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guanmenshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Fushun Co., Fushun, Liaoning, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 42°14'0"N
Longitude: 124°11'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.233333333333,124.18333333333

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 Au C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au C Ca Cd Cl Cu Fe H Mg Na O P Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperCorundumCovellite
DiasporeEpsomiteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteWurtzite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Massicot  (*)Otavite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rosasite  (*)Sauconite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)100054102734
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)100054103250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2100054105509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1000541027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)100054104979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S100054105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21000541027198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8100054101756
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS100054104165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2100054109895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1000541024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)100054107437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1000541030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O10005410188
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS10005410717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O100054106890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31000541014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O100054101689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6100054101066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4100054105591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21000541012537
Massicot  (*)NonePbO10005410202
Otavite  (*)CalciteCd(CO3)1000541025
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21000541039462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl100054101725
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21000541061156
Rosasite  (*)MalachiteCuZn(CO3)(OH)210005410454
Sauconite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Zn3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·4H2O1000541056
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)100054102473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1000541021482



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
sedexmvt-000961000541Neoproterozoic host rock age      205282Guanmenshan Pb-Zn Deposit, Fushun Co., Fushun, Liaoning, ChinaGuanmenshanTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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