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Locality Name:
Yadu Pb-Zn Deposit (Yadou Pb-Zn Deposit), Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100
Youngest recorded age at locality: 100

mindat Locality ID: 260106
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260106.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yadu Pb-Zn Deposit (Yadou Pb-Zn Deposit), Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, 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: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeFluoriteMalachiteMarcasiteNoneNot in a structural group
PyriteQuartzRocksaltSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)10010002734
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)100100011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)100100027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)10010004979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2100100027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210010009895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF210010009617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS100100024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)10010007437
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O10010001689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)610010001066
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2100100012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS210010005674
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2100100039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2100100061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)10010006417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)10010002473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS100100021482



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
sedcu-00354100100Cretaceous     Yes Cu187329Weining Co., Bijie, Guizhou, ChinaWeiningCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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