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Locality Name:
Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 119.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 119.5

mindat Locality ID: 216402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lianhuashan W-Au Deposit

Latitude: 23°44'0"N
Longitude: 116°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.733333333333,116.73333333333

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperFeldsparKobelliteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite
TetradymiteTopaz

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aluminium  (*)Andalusite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)
Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Joséite-A  (*)Joséite-B  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Topaz  (*)Ustarasite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S119.5119.51378422793
Aluminium  (*)CopperAl119.5119.513784227
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5119.5119.51378421310
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS119.5119.51378429052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3119.5119.51378421935
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S119.5119.51378425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2119.5119.513784227198
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5119.5119.5137842344
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)119.5119.5137842551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS119.5119.513784224243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4119.5119.5137842192
Gold  (*)CopperAu119.5119.513784230554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3119.5119.5137842104
Joséite-A  (*)TetradymiteBi4TeS2119.5119.513784250
Joséite-B  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te2S119.5119.513784286
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)119.5119.51378424924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2119.5119.51378425800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2119.5119.513784217380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2119.5119.513784239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8119.5119.51378429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2119.5119.513784261156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2119.5119.51378425614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)119.5119.51378424894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS119.5119.513784221482
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S119.5119.5137842510
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2119.5119.51378421476
Ustarasite  (*)NonePb(Bi,Sb)6S10119.5119.51378429



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
Kristen002015119.5119.5119.5 mineralization age     W157401Lianhuashan W-Au Deposit, Raoping Co., Chaozhou, Guangdong, ChinaLianhuashanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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