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Locality Name:
Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 580
Youngest recorded age at locality: 25

mindat Locality ID: 27220
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27220.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 43

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
De'an Co.
Duchang Co.
Jiujiang Co.
Ruichang Co.
Wuning Co.
Xingzi Co.
Xiushui Co.

Latitude: 29°21'44"N
Longitude: 115°31'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.362222222222,115.53055555556

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Te Ti U V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteAutunite
BaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantiteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNeyiteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupOrpimentPhenakitePrehnitePyritePyrochlorePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TopazVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtziteZircon

110 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Autunite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bassetite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Delafossite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Famatinite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Goslarite  (*)Greigite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hodrušite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lead  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Malayaite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Naumannite  (*)
Neyite  (*)Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Talc  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)Uranospathite  (*)
Uvanite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zeunerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S14566341528,41541,415622793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)214566841514,41519,41520,41524,41526,41528,41537,415623419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)14566941514,41515,41524,41526,41528,41537,41544,41545,415598803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe141541489
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21415152162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5241524,415621310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)314566241514,415371534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)241520,415412734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21415143092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS145661241512,41514,41518,41520,41521,41524,41528,41537,41541,41544,41545,415599052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O26.525541564,41565,41566,41568,415691272
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)258025541528,41537,41562,41564,415655509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)241518,4154911547
Bassetite  (*)NoneFe2+(UO2)2(PO4)2(H2O)1026.525241564,4156551
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18129125241544,415534286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1415621966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S314566841514,41515,41526,41528,41541,41546,41558,415621935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)141562716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS414566641528,41537,41541,41544,41545,415625516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)6144.61391415281633
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2141541361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)580252141514,41515,41516,41518,41519,41520,41521,41524,41526,41528,41537,41538,41541,41544,41545,41547,41549,41562,41564,41565,4156927770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2741514,41518,41519,41520,41524,41544,415455171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)241520,415414979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O14566241520,41538925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S14566841514,41519,41528,41537,41538,41541,41544,415455707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2145661441514,41516,41520,41524,41526,41528,41534,41537,41541,41544,41545,41546,41558,4156227198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl145661415381382
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1415242600
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O26.525241564,41565566
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe141541169
Copper  (*)CopperCu14566241528,415373846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS144.6140441528,41541,41544,415454165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3141544802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O14566241528,415382970
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O2144.6139141528144
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S14566441514,41537,41541,415621027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O614566841514,41518,41519,41520,41524,41528,41537,415624135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214566741513,41514,41515,41528,41537,41545,415629895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4341541,41544,41545910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)145661041514,41518,41520,41524,41526,41528,41534,41537,41552,415628173
Famatinite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3SbS4141541163
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2145661141513,41514,41518,41521,41523,41524,41537,41544,41545,41562,415699617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145661341514,41516,41517,41518,41520,41526,41528,41534,41537,41541,41544,41559,4156224243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)145661415387437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566841528,41534,41535,41537,41538,41541,41559,4156030554
Goslarite  (*)EpsomiteZn(SO4)·7H2O141520188
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S41456614153762
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3241514,415621544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O358025841514,41528,41534,41537,41538,41547,41564,4156514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te14566341520,41537,41541804
Hodrušite  (*)NoneCu8Bi12S2214154128
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31415265433
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14141520784
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6145661415382228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)414566941518,41520,41528,41534,41537,41538,41541,41547,415625591
Lead  (*)CopperPb141524192
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566741514,41515,41524,41526,41528,41534,4153714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)258025741518,41528,41534,41537,41538,41564,4156512537
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)341514,41519,4152440
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS214566541514,41528,41537,41541,415625674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1415264924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2145661041526,41528,41534,41537,41541,41544,41545,41546,41558,415625800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145661741514,41515,41518,41520,41524,41526,41528,41534,41537,41541,41544,41545,41547,41553,41559,41562,4156917380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se14566141537192
Neyite  (*)NeyiteAg2Cu6Pb25Bi26S6814154112
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O58025241564,415652994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3141524511
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)241515,415262349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21415152273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21415141898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2580252141514,41516,41518,41519,41520,41521,41523,41524,41526,41528,41534,41535,41537,41541,41544,41545,41547,41559,41562,41564,4156539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO214566341534,41538,415473106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1415201725
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)214566141537771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8145661341514,41518,41519,41520,41521,41524,41526,41528,41537,41541,41544,41545,415629056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2145662541513,41514,41518,41519,41520,41521,41523,41524,41526,41528,41534,41535,41537,41538,41541,41544,41545,41546,41547,41553,41555,41558,41559,41560,4156261156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS241524,41534712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO214566241526,415375614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)741514,41526,41544,41545,41546,41558,415624894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)14566441514,41518,41528,415376417
Silver  (*)CopperAg14566441520,41528,41537,415385186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS580251941514,41516,41517,41518,41519,41520,41521,41524,41526,41528,41534,41537,41541,41544,41545,41559,41562,41564,4156521482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4441514,41519,41524,41545668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)141549446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3741512,41520,41534,41549,41550,41559,415613418
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)214566241526,415373337
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3141541276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1314566541515,41528,41537,41541,415451803
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO145661415381101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1314566541514,41520,41528,41537,415415317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O14566341515,41526,415374899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2441514,41515,41524,415441476
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O26.525541564,41565,41566,41568,415691059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)214566841513,41514,41518,41519,41520,41524,41537,415622562
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O26.525241564,41565628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO226.525541564,41565,41567,41568,415692718
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O26.525241564,4156589
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O26.525241564,41565890
Uranospathite  (*)None(Al,   )(UO2)2F(PO4)2·20H2O26.525241564,4156520
Uvanite  (*)None(UO2)2V5+6O17·15H2O (?)1415689
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3241549,41559369
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10441514,41515,41524,415621395
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4141520303
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3141541297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO314566541514,41515,41524,41537,415621247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41415241655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)141524939
Zeunerite  (*)AutuniteCu(UO2)2(AsO4)2·12H2O26.525241564,41565185
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)14566241515,415375251



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Emily000360porphyry-skarn Cu deposit
Emily000361porphyry-skarn Cu deposit
Emily000362porphyry-skarn Cu deposit
Emily000363porphyry-skarn Cu deposit
Giersdorf_00000930The Baiti U deposit is one of many Leaching-accumulation type U deposits in Southern China.
Giersdorf_00000931The Baiti U deposit is one of many Leaching-accumulation type U deposits in Southern China.
Giersdorf_00000932The BaoyanU deposit is one of many Leaching-accumulation type U deposits in Southern China.
Giersdorf_00000933The BaoyanU deposit is one of many Leaching-accumulation type U deposits in Southern China.


16 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
Chen2007tbl01-1414566Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite 64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChengmenshan, Jiujiang, JiangxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Emily000360144.2144.2 Re-Os molybdeniteCH-2  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChengmenshanWu et al. (1997) MD16_376 
Emily000361139.3139.3 Re-Os molybdeniteCH-3  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChengmenshanWu et al. (1997) MD16_376 
Emily000362140.2140.2 Re-Os molybdeniteCG-4  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChengmenshanWu et al. (1997) MD16_376 
Emily000363139.3139.3 Re-Os molybdeniteCH-5  MolybdeniteMolybdenite 64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChengmenshanWu et al. (1997) MD16_376 
Kristen002245144139144-139Re-Osmineralization agemolybdenite   Molybdenite Cu, Mo64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChengmenshan Cu DepositHan et al. (2014)10.1111/rge.12033RG64_136 
Mo-00290144.6140142.3±2.3Re-Os molybdeniteCMS  Molybdenite Mo64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaCHMSHMao et al. (2006)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001OGR29_307 
Mo-00291144139144–139Re-Os molybdenite   Molybdenite Mo64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China Zhang et al. (2005)10.1007/s00126-004-0451-yMD39_960 
PorphCu-00131144.6140142.3±2.3Re-Os     Actinolite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Epidote, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Kaolinite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, SphaleriteCu64292Chengmenshan Mine, Jiujiang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaChengmenshanSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Chen2007tbl01-1514566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite 157437Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaWushan, Ruichang, JiangxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Chen2007tbl01-1614566Cretaceous      Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite 244326Wujia Au Deposit, Wushan Mine (Wujia Cu-Au Deposit), Ruichang Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaWujia, Ruichang, JiangxiChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 
Bradley_2012_122129125127±2U/Pb zircon   Zircon  226187Lushan Range, Xingzi Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China[Xingzi MCC]McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 
Giersdorf_00000930550550550 wall rock age      225820Baitou U Deposit (Baiti U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaBaiti U DepositMin (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-MOGR10_51Relative Geological Age applied to the wall rock
Giersdorf_0000093126.526.526.5U-Pbmineralization ageuraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU225820Baitou U Deposit (Baiti U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaBaiti U DepositMin (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-MOGR10_51U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Giersdorf_00000932580580580 wall rock age      225821Baofengyuan U Deposit (Baoyan U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaBaoyan U DepositMin (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-MOGR10_51Relative Geological Age applied to the wall rock
Giersdorf_00000933252525U-Pbmineralization ageuraninite   UraniniteUraniniteU225821Baofengyuan U Deposit (Baoyan U Deposit), Xiushui Uranium Ore Field, Xiushui Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, ChinaBaoyan U DepositMin (1995)10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-MOGR10_51U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R050066Wuning Mine (Wuling Mine; Qingjiang Mine), Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiujiang, Jiangxi, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R050066


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