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Locality Name:
Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 323

mindat Locality ID: 207714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Changjiang Uranium Ore Field (Uranium Ore Field No. 211)
Chengkou Uranium Ore Field
Fankou Mine

Latitude: 25°10'53"N
Longitude: 113°45'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.181388888889,113.75222222222
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCorundumEpidoteFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
OwyheeitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Owyheeite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S3933231380712793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)3933231380712734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)23933231380713092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3933231380719052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1380641272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)39332313807111547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S33933231380711935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS43933231380715516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33933231380711089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393323238064,3807127770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)3933231380714979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S3933231380715707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS239332313807127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS3933231380712600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)23933231380719895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1380648173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2393323238064,380719617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12393323138071663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393323238064,3807124243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393323738062,38063,38064,38068,38069,38070,3807114640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14393323138071784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41380645591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS23933231380715674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21380645800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393323238064,3807117380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S2839332313807189
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3393323138071733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS33933231380711425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393323838062,38063,38064,38065,38068,38069,38070,3807139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83933231380719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393323738062,38063,38064,38068,38069,38070,3807161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO23933231380715614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)3933231380714894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3933231380716417
Silver  (*)CopperAg3933231380715186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)3933231380712473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS39332313807121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4393323138071586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S33933231380713418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S133933231380715317
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1380651059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2838062,38063,38064,38065,38067,38068,38069,380702718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O238064,38065890


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
sedexmvt-00094393359Middle-Late Devonian host rock age      48873Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaFankouTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00157359323Early Carboniferous        48873Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaFankouSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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