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Locality Name:
Yuncheng District, Yunfu, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95
Youngest recorded age at locality: 85

mindat Locality ID: 207713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuncheng District, Yunfu, Guangdong, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Chadong Ag-Au Deposit
Dajiangkeng Au-Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Dajiangping Mine
Dajinshan W-Sn Deposit
Dakuangdu Sn-Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Datangdu Sn-polymetallic Deposit
Jinxingding Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit
Jinziwo Sn-polymetallic Deposit
Shimentou W-Sn-polymetallic Deposit

Latitude: 23°1'44"N
Longitude: 112°3'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.028888888889,112.05138888889

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumAmphiboleAragoniteArgyroditeArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
CopperFeldsparJalpaiteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteZinkenite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Dyscrasite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Hocartite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Lillianite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Ourayite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stromeyerite  (*)Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S438166,38171,38173,381742793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2238171,381733419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)238171,381738803
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1381662734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21381683092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS438166,38171,38173,381749052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31381661935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41381665516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)438166,38171,38173,3817427770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS613816691
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2438170,38171,38173,381745171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)238171,381744979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2538166,38168,38171,38173,3817427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1381662600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2338168,38170,381729895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)138166180
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12138173663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3138173105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS838166,38167,38168,38170,38171,38172,38173,3817424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu238166,3817330554
Hocartite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteAg2FeSnS413817331
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2138166116
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14238171,38173784
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6138166128
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2338166,38171,381745674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2538166,38168,38171,38173,3817417380
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S1313816624
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]338166,38171,38173716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3338166,38171,381731425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2638166,38167,38168,38171,38173,3817439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8538166,38168,38171,38173,381749056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2638166,38167,38168,38171,38173,3817461156
Silver  (*)CopperAg438166,38171,38173,381745186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS838166,38167,38168,38170,38171,38172,38173,3817421482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4438166,38171,38173,38174668
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS138166332
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2238171,381733337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13338166,38171,381735317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21381712562
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42238171,38173228



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
Kristen002023959595 mineralization age     W, Sn255214Dajinshan W-Sn Deposit, Yuncheng District, Yunfu, Guangdong, ChinaDajinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002024858585 mineralization age     W, Sn255214Dajinshan W-Sn Deposit, Yuncheng District, Yunfu, Guangdong, ChinaDajinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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