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Locality Name:
Baoshandong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan East Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit), Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 162
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 233303
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-233303.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baoshandong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit (Baoshan East Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit), Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Au C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag As Au C Ca Cu F Fe Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperFluoriteMarcasiteNonePolybasitePyrite
QuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteTetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1626602793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1456609052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)16266027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1626605707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21626609895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21626609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566030554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21626605674
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]162660716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3162660733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31626601425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO216266061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1626604894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1626605186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131626605317



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
Chen2007tbl01-0814566Cretaceous     YesArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum 157415Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, ChinaBaoshan, Guiyang, HunanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
MD43_375-00005162158160±2     Yes  157415Baoshan Ore Field (Baoshan Mine), Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, ChinaBaoshanYuan et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0166-yMD43_375 


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