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Locality Name:
Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 98
Youngest recorded age at locality: 98

mindat Locality ID: 225794
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225794.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field
Xushan W-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 27°41'50"N
Longitude: 115°50'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.697222222222,115.84333333333

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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Si Th Ti U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAutuniteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CubaniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Autunite  (*)Brannerite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Coffinite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Dickite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilsemannite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Safflorite  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)9898441312,41316,41317,413188803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO298981413162162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)298981413163092
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O9898541310,41311,41313,41314,413171272
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O69898641310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)9898741310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317,4131827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS29898741310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317,4131827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)89898141317577
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl98981413121382
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)898981413171756
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O9898641310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317566
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S39898141316802
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)49898141309651
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61413184135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)98981413168173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF29898641310,41311,41313,41314,41316,413179617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS9898741310,41311,41312,41313,41314,41316,4131724243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O39898241316,4131714640
Ilsemannite  (*)NoneMo3O8·nH2O (?)9898141317123
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS29898141317102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)49898241316,413175591
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O98981413161271
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS29898241316,413175674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1413184924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS98981413161066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS29898241316,413175800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O98981413091508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)29898341316,41317,4131817380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs9898141316633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS9898141316767
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS29898741310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317,4131839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S898981413169056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO29898841310,41311,41313,41314,41315,41316,41317,4131861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO298981413175614
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs29898141316317
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1413184894
Silver  (*)CopperAg9898241312,413165186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS9898741310,41311,41312,41313,41314,41316,4131721482
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO29898241316,41317236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)9898241316,413171006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O98981413174899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO29898741310,41311,41312,41313,41314,41316,413172718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O9898541310,41311,41313,41314,41317890
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O9898141316301



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
Kristen002026989898 mineralization age     U225795Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaXiangshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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