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Locality Name:
Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 558
Youngest recorded age at locality: 518

mindat Locality ID: 216536
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216536.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Huangjiawan Mine
Songlin Mine
Tianeshan Mine (incl. Xintugou; Tuanshanbao)

Latitude: 27°43'10"N
Longitude: 106°43'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.719444444444,106.72194444444
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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Hg K La Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Se Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenopyriteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCovelliteFeldspar
GypsumMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMonaziteNonePentlanditePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedriteValleriite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Evansite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Heazlewoodite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Monazite-(La)  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Parkerite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Polydymite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sasaite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulvanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tiemannite  (*)Vaesite  (*)Valleriite  (*)
Violarite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)558518238978,389808803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS5585181389789052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)558518238978,3898011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS45585181389785516
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6558518138978248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)55851813897827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS255851813897827198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS5585181389784165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2558518238978,389799895
Evansite  (*)AmorphousAl3(PO4)(OH)6·8H2O55851813897856
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS55851813897824243
Gold  (*)CopperAu55851813897830554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O5585181389786890
Heazlewoodite  (*)NoneNi3S2558518138978205
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2558518138979102
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS25585181389785674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS558518238978,389791066
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)558518138978945
Monazite-(La)  (*)MonaziteLa(PO4)55851813897838
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2558518238978,3898017380
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS558518238978,38980767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S2558518238978,3897955
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S85585181389781512
Polydymite  (*)SpinelNi2+Ni3+2S4558518238978,38979131
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2558518338978,38979,3898039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2558518238978,3898061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25585181389785614
Sasaite  (*)NoneAl6(PO4)5(OH)3·36H2O55851813897811
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4558518138978249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS558518238978,3898021482
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS455851813897848
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S135585181389781803
Tiemannite  (*)SphaleriteHgSe55851813897883
Vaesite  (*)PyriteNiS2558518238978,38980106
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]558518138978237
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4558518138978380


7 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
Mo-00363556526541±15Re-Os molybdeniteHJW-1-1  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00364555527541±14Re-Os molybdeniteHJW-1-3  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00365556526541±15Re-Os molybdeniteHJW-2-3  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00366550518534±16Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00367554524539±15Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7-1  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00368558524541±17Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7-2  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 
Mo-00369557525541±16Re-Os molybdeniteZHL-7-3  MolybdeniteJordisite, MolybdeniteMo156803Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, ChinaHuangjiawan Mine, GuizhouMao et al. (2002)10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051EG97_1051 

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