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Locality Name:
Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 191.2
Youngest recorded age at locality: 172.8

mindat Locality ID: 217085
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217085.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Huya-Siwangpu Mn Deposit
Pingwu Beryl Mine (Huya W-Sn-Be Deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit)

Latitude: 32°31'25"N
Longitude: 104°4'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.523611111111,104.06916666667
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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Cu Fe S Sn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteBerylBournoniteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetGeocroniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNonePerovskitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteTitaniteTourmaline

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)Beryl  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)
Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clino-suenoite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geocronite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kësterite  (*)Magnesio-foitite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Mushistonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Vismirnovite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS191.2172.8143580312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)191.2172.81435818803
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18191.2172.81435814286
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11191.2172.8143581843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3191.2172.81435811089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)191.2172.8143580483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)191.2172.814358127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2191.2172.81435815171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2191.2172.814358127198
Clino-suenoite  (*)Amphibole   Mn2+2Mg5Si8O22(OH)2191.2172.824358057
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2191.2172.81435819895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F191.2172.81435812740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2191.2172.81435819617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS191.2172.814358124243
Geocronite  (*)GeocronitePb14Sb6S23191.2172.8143581133
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4191.2172.8143580350
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3191.2172.81435815433
Kësterite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2ZnSnS4191.2172.814358182
Magnesio-foitite  (*)Tourmaline   (Mg2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)191.2172.814358122
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4191.2172.814358114899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2191.2172.814358112537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)191.2172.81435814924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2191.2172.81435815800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2191.2172.814358117380
Mushistonite  (*)PerovskiteCu2+Sn4+(OH)6191.2172.81435817
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2191.2172.814358139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2191.2172.81435803106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2191.2172.8243580,4358161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)191.2172.81435801711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)191.2172.81435814894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)191.2172.81435812705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3191.2172.81435801214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS191.2172.814358121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4191.2172.80668
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O191.2172.81435814899
Vismirnovite  (*)PerovskiteZnSn(OH)6191.2172.81435814


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
Jen_0001439191.2172.8182 ± 9.2 age of mineralizationscheelite   Scheelite  5416Pingwu Beryl Mine (Huya W-Sn-Be Deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit), Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, ChinaHuyaPoulin et al. (2016)10.3749/canmin.1500023CM54_1147 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060153Pingwu Beryl Mine (Huya W-Sn-Be Deposit; Xuebaoding W-Sn-Be Deposit), Huya Township, Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R060153

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