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Locality Name:
Baiyinchang Cu Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 515
Youngest recorded age at locality: 515

mindat Locality ID: 222446
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-222446.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baiyinchang Cu Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Huoyanshan Mine
Zheyaoshan Mine

Latitude: 36°39'14"N
Longitude: 104°13'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.653888888889,104.22722222222
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 Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteAtacamiteBaryteBotryogenCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumCubaniteDiasporeFeldsparGypsumHalotrichiteMalachiteMelanteriteMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibnite
TetrahedriteWurtzite

40 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Atacamite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Botryogen  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fibroferrite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5155151375138803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS51551509052
Atacamite  (*)AtacamiteCu2Cl(OH)35155150544
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)251551505509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)515515237512,3751311547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S351551501935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4515515237512,375135516
Botryogen  (*)BotryogenMgFe3+(SO4)2(OH)·7H2O515515237512,3751345
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S115155150843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)515515027770
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O515515237512,37513925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S515515237512,375135707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2515515237512,3751327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS51551502600
Copper  (*)CopperCu515515237512,375133846
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S35155150802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O515515237512,375132970
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)251551509895
Fibroferrite  (*)Not in a structural groupFe3+(SO4)(OH)·5H2O515515237512,37513107
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS515515237512,3751324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)515515237512,375137437
Gold  (*)CopperAu515515237512,3751330554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O515515237512,375136890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O515515237512,37513409
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3515515237512,3751314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6515515237512,375132228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O451551513751314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2515515012537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O515515237512,37513915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2515515237512,3751317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2515515237512,3751339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8515515237512,375139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2515515237512,3751361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO25155151375135614
Silver  (*)CopperAg51551505186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS515515237512,3751321482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS45155150668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131375121803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO515515237512,375131101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1351551505317


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
vms-00422515515Middle Cambrian       S144957Zheyaoshan Mine, Baiyinchang Cu Deposit, Baiyinchang Ore Field, Baiyin District, Baiyin, Gansu, ChinaZheyaoshanMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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