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Locality Name:
Hanbin District, Ankang, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 443.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 419.2

mindat Locality ID: 232334
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232334.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hanbin District, Ankang, Shaanxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Beipo U Deposit
Dahe Rutile Deposit
Dawan V Deposit
Maniaokeng V Deposit
Meizipu Au Deposit
Shiti Mine
Tanxianguan U Deposit
Xiongshangou Rutile Deposit

Latitude: 32°45'0"N
Longitude: 109°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.75,109.16666666667

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U V Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteAutuniteBaryteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
MicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Barytocalcite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chernykhite  (*)Cymrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hanjiangite  (*)Mannardite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Roscoelite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sulvanite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Witherite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)443.8419.2242515,425168803
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1425171272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)443.8419.214251611547
Barytocalcite  (*)NoneBaCa(CO3)2443.8419.214251683
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)443.8419.214251627770
Chernykhite  (*)Mica ClayBaV2(Si2Al2)O10(OH)2443.8419.21425166
Cymrite  (*)NoneBa(Si,Al)4(O,OH)8·H2O443.8419.214251646
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6443.8419.21425164135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1425138173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS443.8419.214251624243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1425142812
Hanjiangite  (*)Not in a structural groupBa2Ca(V3+Al)(AlSi3O10)(OH)2F(CO3)2443.8419.21425161
Mannardite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Ti6V3+2)O16443.8419.214251612
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2443.8419.2342513,42515,4251617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2443.8419.2242515,4251639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2443.8419.2442513,42515,42516,4251761156
Roscoelite  (*)MicaKV3+2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2443.8419.2142516253
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2242512,425185614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS443.8419.214251621482
Sulvanite  (*)NoneCu3VS4443.8419.214251648
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1425171059
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21425172718
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)443.8419.2142516251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Michelle_0059Lenticular witherite and witherite-barite lenses hosted in slaty carboniferous-siliceous rocks of the lower Silurian


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
Michelle_0059443.8419.2443.8–419.2StratigraphyAge of mineralization      728Shiti Mine, Hanbin District, Ankang, Shaanxi, ChinaShiti Baryte DepositLiu et al. (2014) ESF21_23Orebodies coev with host rocks.


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