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Locality Name:
Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 273
Youngest recorded age at locality: 254

mindat Locality ID: 233119
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233119.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit

Latitude: 26°36'56"N
Longitude: 101°44'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.615555555556,101.73555555556

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 Bi Ca Cu F Fe Ir Mg Ni O Os P Pd Pt S Si Te Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteArsenopyriteChalcopyriteCopperCorundumMeloniteNickelineNonePentlanditePyrite
PyroxeneSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Magnetite  (*)Merenskyite  (*)Moncheite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Sperrylite  (*)
Spinel  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2732541436489052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O62732541436482060
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS227325414364827198
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS2273254143648110
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2732541436482740
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O32732541436485433
Iridium  (*)CopperIr273254143648162
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4273254343648,43649,4365014899
Merenskyite  (*)MelonitePdTe2273254143648155
Moncheite  (*)MelonitePt(Te,Bi)2273254143648133
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S82732541436481512
Platinum  (*)CopperPt273254143648485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS227325414364839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82732541436489056
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2273254143648337
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O42732541436481934



17 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
JP46_2253-001-001262256259±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253depriotitize
JP46_2253-002-001273267270±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-003-001262256259±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-004-001264258261±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-005-001267261264±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-006-001265259262±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-007-001263257260±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-008-001273267270±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-009-001265259262±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-010-001268262265±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-011-001264258261±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-012-001268262265±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-013-001264258261±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-014-001260254257±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-015-001262256259±3206Pb/238U  PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
JP46_2253-016266260263±3206Pb/238Uthe best estimation of the crystallization age of the Panzhihua intrusion PZH72    21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihua intrusionZhou et al. (2005)10.1093/petrology/egi054JP46_2253 
MD26_550-00003259.54254.16256.85±2.69Ar-Ar biotite     21216Panzhihua Fe-V-Ti-(PGE) Deposit, Eastern District, Panzhihua, Sichuan, ChinaPanzhihuaWang et al. (2007) MD26_550 


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