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Locality Name:
Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52

mindat Locality ID: 210705
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210705.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksalt

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cordierite  (*)Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)57052027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS257052027198
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O185705201008
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O65705204135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF25705209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS57052024243
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)257052017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS257052039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S85705209056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO257052061156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO55705201516
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2545202718



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Giersdorf_00000916The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000917The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000918The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China


3 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
Giersdorf_00000916570570570 wall rock age      210705Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaShabon U DepositMin (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-MOGR10_51Relative Geological Age applied to the wall rock
Giersdorf_00000917545454U-Pbmineralization ageuraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU210705Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaShabon U DepositMin (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-MOGR10_51U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Giersdorf_00000918525252U-Pbmineralization ageuraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU210705Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaShabon U DepositMin (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-MOGR10_51U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality


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