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Locality Name:
Weijia W Deposit, Dao Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 383
Youngest recorded age at locality: 359

mindat Locality ID: 244049
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244049.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Weijia W Deposit, Dao Co., Yongzhou, 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: Al As B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
KaoliniteLudwigiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Antigorite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Massicot  (*)
Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)238335903419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)38335908803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO238335902162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)338335901534
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43833590708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS38335909052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S338335901935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)383359027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)38335904979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2383359027198
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)43833590951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O638335904135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)238335909895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF238335909617
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)338335901544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3383359014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)438335905591
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)3833590134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4383359014899
Massicot  (*)NonePbO3833590202
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)38335904924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS238335905800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2383359017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)38335902349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)238335902273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2383359039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2383359061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO238335905614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)38335904894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)38335906417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS383359021482
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)383359087
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)238335903337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O38335904899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)238335902562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1038335901395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO338335901247



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
sedexmvt-00097383359Late Devonian host rock age   Yes  157307Houjiangqiao Pb-Zn Deposit, Dao Co., Yongzhou, Hunan, ChinaHouhongqiaoTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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