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Locality Name:
Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 225795
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225795.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Heyuanbei U Deposit
Hugang U Deposit
Niutoushan U Deposit
Ruyiting U Deposit
Shidong U Deposit
Zoujiashan Ore District

Latitude: 27°33'40"N
Longitude: 115°52'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.561111111111,115.87055555556

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amorphous	Autunite	Brannerite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Titanite
Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Autunite ()*	Brannerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Coffinite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dickite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilsemannite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Laumontite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Safflorite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Thorianite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*
Variscite ()*

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 Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Autunite Brannerite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cubanite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Löllingite Marcasite Mica Millerite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Titanite
Wurtzite Zircon

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	98	98	3	41312,41316,41317	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	98	98	1	41316	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	98	98	1	41316	3092
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	98	98	5	41310,41311,41313,41314,41317	1272
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	98	98	6	41310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317	248
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	98	98	6	41310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	98	98	6	41310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	98	98	1	41317	577
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	98	98	1	41312	1382
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	98	98	1	41317	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	98	98	6	41310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317	566
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	98	98	1	41316	802
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	98	98	0		651
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	98	98	1	41316	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	98	98	6	41310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	98	98	7	41310,41311,41312,41313,41314,41316,41317	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	98	98	2	41316,41317	14640
Ilsemannite ()*	None	Mo₃O₈·nH₂O (?)	98	98	1	41317	123
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	98	98	1	41317	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	98	98	2	41316,41317	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	98	98	1	41316	1271
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	98	98	2	41316,41317	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	98	98	1	41316	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	98	98	2	41316,41317	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	98	98	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	98	98	2	41316,41317	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	98	98	1	41316	633
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	98	98	1	41316	767
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	98	98	6	41310,41311,41313,41314,41316,41317	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	98	98	1	41316	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	98	98	7	41310,41311,41313,41314,41315,41316,41317	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	98	98	1	41317	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	98	98	1	41316	317
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	98	98	2	41312,41316	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	98	98	7	41310,41311,41312,41313,41314,41316,41317	21482
Thorianite ()*	Fluorite	ThO₂	98	98	2	41316,41317	236
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	98	98	2	41316,41317	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	98	98	1	41317	4899
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	98	98	7	41310,41311,41312,41313,41314,41316,41317	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	98	98	5	41310,41311,41313,41314,41317	890
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	98	98	1	41316	301

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Kristen002026	98	98	98		mineralization age								U	225795	Xiangshan Uranium Ore Field, Le'an Co., Fuzhou, Jiangxi, China	Xiangshan	Jingwen et al. (2013)	10.1007/s00126-012-0446-z	MD48_267

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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