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Locality Name:
Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 240016
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240016.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, 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: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteEpidoteFeldspar
KaoliniteMalachiteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)100054108803
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1000541011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1000541027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S100054105707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21000541027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS100054104165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)100054108173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1000541024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31000541014640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6100054102228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4100054105591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41000541014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)21000541012537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21000541017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21000541039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21000541061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1000541021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13100054105317


4 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
NG47_40_0001833.7818.7826.2 ± 7.5U-Pbhost rockzircon   Zircon  240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiaping depositHu (2014) NG47_40 
RG67_89_0001818.7812.3815.5 ± 3.2Sr-Nd-Pbhost rockwhole rock     240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiaping depositSu (2016) RG67_89 
RG67_89_0002838.1832.9835.5 ± 2.6Sr-Nd-Pbhost rockwhole rock     240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiaping depositSu (2016) RG67_89 
vms-004051000541Neoproterozoic        240016Liujiaping Cu-Zn Deposit, Ningqiang Co., Hanzhong, Shaanxi, ChinaLiujiapingMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1034 

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