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Locality Name:
Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 386
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 24765
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24765.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Biyang Basin
Dahe Zn-Cu Deposit
Dawangzhuang Kyanite Deposit
Eclogite Outcrops
Fanglaozhuang Cu-Zn Deposit
Laowan Au Deposit
Liu Village
Liushanyan Cu-Zn Deposit
Qinyang Fe Deposit
Weishancheng Ore Field
Wucheng Mine
Xiahuangzhuyuan Au Deposit
Yazikou Cu-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 32°32'35"N
Longitude: 113°24'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.543055555556,113.40361111111

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Diamond	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Iron	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Natrolite	Nickeline
None	Northupite	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Polybasite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Wurtzite
Zircon	hauchecornite

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 Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Cubanite Diamond Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Iron Jalpaite Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Mica Natrolite Nickeline
None Northupite Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Polybasite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Wurtzite
Zircon hauchecornite

92 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anatase ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Awaruite ()*	Azurite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismutohauchecornite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromium ()*	Copper ()*
Corkite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hinsdalite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Iron ()*	Jalpaite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*
Lead ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nahcolite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Northupite ()*	Omphacite ()*	Pearceite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Platinum ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Polybasite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Shortite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Stromeyerite ()*
Sylvanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tongbaite ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Trona ()*	Violarite ()*	Wegscheiderite ()*	Weishanite ()*
Woodhouseite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	386	360	3	39688,39689,39690	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	386	360	1	39687	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	39681,39685,39693	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	39684	489
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	386	360	2	39688,39690	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	386	360	2	39688,39690	9052
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe			1	39684	166
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	386	360	2	39688,39690	5509
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39681	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	39685,39693	11547
Bismutohauchecornite ()*	hauchecornite	Ni₉Bi₂S₈			1	39684	7
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	386	360	2	39688,39690	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	386	360	1	39690	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	386	360	6	39678,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	386	360	2	39688,39690	4979
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	386	360	2	39688,39690	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	386	360	8	39683,39684,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	386	360	2	39688,39690	1382
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr			1	39684	26
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	386	360	3	39684,39688,39690	3846
Corkite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	386	360	2	39688,39690	151
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃			1	39684	802
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	39684	697
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	386	360	1	39687	126
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	386	360	1	39690	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	39684	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	386	360	3	39678,39690,39691	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	39684	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	39681,39683	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	386	360	2	39688,39690	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	39684	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	386	360	7	39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39681	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	386	360	5	39683,39684,39688,39690,39692	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	386	360	3	39680,39688,39690	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	39678	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			2	39678,39691	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	386	360	3	39685,39688,39690	14640
Hinsdalite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	386	360	2	39688,39690	82
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	386	360	5	39681,39684,39685,39688,39690	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe			1	39684	1089
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	386	360	2	39688,39690	116
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	386	360	2	39688,39690	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	386	360	1	39690	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	39680	1507
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	386	360	3	39684,39688,39690	192
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	39684	311
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	386	360	5	39683,39684,39685,39688,39690	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	386	360	2	39688,39690	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	386	360	1	39688	770
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	386	360	2	39688,39690	300
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	39678	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	386	360	8	39680,39681,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692	17380
Nahcolite ()*	None	NaH(CO₃)			2	39678,39691	78
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			1	39678	1236
Northupite ()*	Northupite	Na₃Mg(CO₃)₂Cl			1	39691	31
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆			1	39681	229
Pearceite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(As,Sb)₂S₇]	386	360	1	39687	249
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	39684	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	39684	2273
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt			1	39684	485
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	386	360	2	39688,39690	477
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	386	360	1	39687	716
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	386	360	2	39688,39690	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	386	360	2	39688,39690	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	386	360	10	39678,39683,39684,39685,39688,39689,39690,39691,39692,39693	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	386	360	2	39688,39690	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	386	360	2	39688,39690	1725
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	39684	341
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	386	360	3	39684,39688,39690	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	386	360	9	39680,39681,39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	386	360	5	39680,39681,39685,39688,39690	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	386	360	1	39688	4894
Shortite ()*	None	Na₂Ca₂(CO₃)₃			2	39678,39691	37
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	386	360	2	39688,39690	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	386	360	3	39688,39689,39690	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	386	360	1	39688	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	386	360	7	39683,39685,39688,39689,39690,39692,39693	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	39685	3418
Stromeyerite ()*	None	CuAgS	386	360	2	39688,39690	332
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	386	360	2	39688,39690	337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	386	360	2	39688,39690	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	39681	4899
Tongbaite ()*	None	Cr₃C₂			1	39684	3
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	39680	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	386	360	1	39687	2562
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			3	39677,39678,39691	129
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	39684	380
Wegscheiderite ()*	None	Na₅H₃(CO₃)₄			1	39678	8
Weishanite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Hg)	386	360	1	39688	3
Woodhouseite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆			1	39680	62
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	386	360	2	39688,39690	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Hg-00118	386	360		Ar-Ar								Weishanite	Hg	156832	Weishancheng Ore Field, Tongbai Co., Nanyang, Henan, China		Jiang et al. (2009) (abstract)		MD28_63

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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