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Locality Name:
Xintianling W-polymetallic Ore Field, Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 157.1
Youngest recorded age at locality: 157.1

mindat Locality ID: 248415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xintianling W-polymetallic Ore Field, Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Tongjinling Sn Deposit
Xintianling W-Bi Deposit
Xiufeng Mo-Bi Deposit

Latitude: 25°41'59"N
Longitude: 112°51'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.699722222222,112.86638888889

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 Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTourmalineVesuvianiteWollastonite

32 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Feruvite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)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)2157.1157.11401673419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)157.1157.11401678803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3157.1157.11401671534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS157.1157.11401679052
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3157.1157.11401671935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4157.1157.11401675516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)157.1157.114016727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2157.1157.1240166,401675171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2157.1157.114016727198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)8157.1157.11401671756
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6157.1157.11401674135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)157.1157.11401678173
Feruvite  (*)TourmalineCaFe2+3(Al5Mg)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)157.1157.114016715
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2157.1157.11401679617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS157.1157.114016724243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3157.1157.11401671544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6157.1157.1140167741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3157.1157.11401675433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4157.1157.114016714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2157.1157.1240167,401685800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2157.1157.114016717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)157.1157.11401672349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2157.1157.11401672273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2157.1157.114016739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8157.1157.11401679056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2157.1157.114016761156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)157.1157.11401674894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3157.1157.11401671214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS157.1157.114016721482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2157.1157.11401672562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10157.1157.11401671395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3157.1157.11401671247



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
Kristen001979157.1157.1157.1 mineralization age     W248415Xintianling W-polymetallic Ore Field, Qitianling Complex, Beihu District, Chenzhou, Hunan, ChinaXintianlingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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