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Locality Name:
Yongping, Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 156
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 230308
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230308.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yongping, Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Guanyinsi Pb Occurrence
Tianpaishan Mine
Yongping Mine (Shuiping Mine)

Latitude: 28°12'37"N
Longitude: 117°45'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.210277777778,117.76444444444

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeCorundumEpidote
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScapoliteScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Coronadite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meionite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31561561416371534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1561561416371588
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4156156141637708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS145661416369052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)15615614163711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS415666241636,416375516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15615614163727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS215666241636,4163727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81561561416371756
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16156156141635227
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)156156141637498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61561561416374135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)15666241636,416378173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21561561416379617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS15666241636,4163724243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31561561416371544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O315615614163714640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415615614163714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)215615614163712537
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)156156141637176
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21561561416375800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)215666241636,4163717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS215666241636,4163739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81561561416379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO215615614163761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1561561416374894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS15666241636,4163721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13145661416365317



2 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
Kristen002003156156156 mineralization age     Cu230308Yongping, Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaYongpingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Chen2007tbl01-1114566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite 186999Tianpaishan Mine, Yongping, Yanshan Co. (Qianshan Co.), Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaTianpaishan, Qianshan, JiangxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


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