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Locality Name:
Wuming Co., Nanning, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 95.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 95.4

mindat Locality ID: 216533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuming Co., Nanning, Guangxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Damingshan W Deposit
Liangjiang Mine
Wangshe Cu-W Deposit

Latitude: 23°30'0"N
Longitude: 108°27'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.5,108.45

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbiteCopperCorundumEnargite
FeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyrophyllite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteUllmanniteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Breithauptite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)95.495.41385948803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS95.495.4238594,385959052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)95.495.4238594,3859511547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S395.495.41385941935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41385955516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31385951089
Breithauptite  (*)NickelineNiSb138595175
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)95.495.4238594,3859527770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO295.495.41385945171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1385955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS295.495.4338594,38595,3859627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21385959895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4138595910
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)95.495.4138594551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF295.495.4238594,385959617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12138595663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS95.495.4238594,3859524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13859530554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O395.495.41385945433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)495.495.4238594,385955591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O495.495.413859414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213859512537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS295.495.4238594,385965800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)295.495.4238594,3859517380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS138595767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS295.495.4238594,3859539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2138595771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S895.495.4238594,385959056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO295.495.4338594,38595,3859661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO295.495.41385945614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)95.495.41385944894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)95.495.4238594,385956417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS95.495.4238594,3859521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31385953418
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131385951803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131385955317
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS138595293



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
Kristen00201495.495.495.4 mineralization age     W, Cu157399Damingshan W Deposit, Wuming Co., Nanning, Guangxi, ChinaDamingshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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