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Locality Name:
Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 145
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 31920
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-31920.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Baixiangshan Pb-Zn Deposit
Dabaiyan Cu-Sn Deposit
Damoshan Ore Field
Gaosong Ore Field
Kafang Ore Field (Kafang Mine)
Laochang Ore Field (Laochang Mine)
Lutangba Ore Field (Lutangba Mine)
Malage Ore Field
Qianjin Mine
Shuangzhu Sn-Cu Deposit
Songshujiao Ore Field

Latitude: 23°18'8"N
Longitude: 103°10'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.302222222222,103.17388888889

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 B Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H In K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Na Ni O P Pb S Si V Y Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAdeliteAllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyrite
AxiniteBaryteBerylBismutiteBrochantiteBrookiteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDanburiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGadolinite
GarnetHumiteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PentlanditePerovskitePhenakitePhilipsburgitePolybasitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSerpentineSodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTurquoiseTyroliteVesuvianiteVeszelyiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZircon

111 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allophane  (*)Amesite  (*)
Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsendescloizite  (*)
Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)Azurite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Brochantite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Danburite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Dzhalindite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Eulytine  (*)Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Genthelvite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hongheite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kipushite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Mimetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nordenskiöldine  (*)Pargasite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Schoenfliesite  (*)Schorl  (*)Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Turquoise  (*)
Tyrolite  (*)Vanadinite  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Veszelyite  (*)
Willemite  (*)Wiluite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S145661449522793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661449363419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)145661449348803
Allophane  (*)AllophaneAl2O3(SiO2)1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H2O14566144939470
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)41456614494374
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2145661449342162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51456601310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)314566444932,44943,44950,449521534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)145661449382734
Arsendescloizite  (*)AdelitePbZn(AsO4)(OH)14566020
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS14566544937,44938,44939,44943,449509052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6145661449342060
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)2145660260
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)283.483.41449435509
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18145661449394286
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O314566144932214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi14566444931,44932,44936,449371966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S314566244931,449481935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)14566144932716
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)683.483.401633
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO214566144934700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566444932,44938,44943,4495127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO283.483.41344931,44932,44933,44935,44936,44938,44940,44942,44946,44947,44948,44950,449515171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)14566344938,44943,449504979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S83.483.41449435707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566944931,44935,44936,44937,44939,44942,44947,44948,4495027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2145660285
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41456603902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O83.483.41449433531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)83.483.4144943363
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181456601008
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5145660344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS83.483.404165
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F41456614494367
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O814566144943148
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)145660498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O614566444932,44936,44940,449434135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)214566444938,44940,44943,449509895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)145660648
Dzhalindite  (*)PerovskiteIn(OH)31456614494316
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1456608173
Eulytine  (*)NoneBi4(SiO4)31456614493272
Ferro-tschermakite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+3Al2)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)214566027
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F31456614494352
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF214566444932,44934,44939,449439617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S1283.483.4144952663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS145661144930,44933,44937,44938,44939,44942,44943,44945,44946,44950,4495124243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S1456614494360
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)14566344938,44943,449507437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14566244936,4493730554
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3145661449501544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2145660209
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O614566144943741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314566644932,44938,44942,44943,44950,4495114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O14566344934,44939,449431689
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te14566144952804
Hongheite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19Fe2+Al4(Fe3+,Mg,Al)8(   ,B)4BSi18O69(O,OH)9145661449441
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2145660201
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)6145661449381066
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3145661449345433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41456605591
Kipushite  (*)PhilipsburgiteCu6(PO4)2(OH)6·H2O83.483.41449398
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)214566144934238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566344932,44937,4494314899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)283.483.414494312537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2145661449345674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)145661449344924
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl145661449431107
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS214566344931,44936,449375800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214566344937,44939,4495017380
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)283.483.4244932,4494316
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)214566144943313
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81456601512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2145661449342273
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6145660477
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]83.483.4144952716
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)14566144943494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)2145661449431898
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3145661449521425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566844930,44937,44938,44939,44942,44943,44950,4495139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21456603106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S814566744931,44933,44938,44939,44942,44943,449509056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566544935,44936,44939,44943,4495061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2145661449345614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)14566644931,44935,44936,44939,44948,449504894
Schoenfliesite  (*)PerovskiteMgSn(OH)683.483.4244932,4494310
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1456602705
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O145661449431153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)145661449396417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51456601516
Silver  (*)CopperAg145661449525186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)14566244938,449432473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566644930,44937,44938,44942,44943,4495021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4145661449431934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS483.483.4144931668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS414566144952586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1383.483.4344931,44943,449525317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O145661449344899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2145661449342562
Turquoise  (*)TurquoiseCuAl6(PO4)4(OH)8·4H2O83.483.40484
Tyrolite  (*)TyroliteCa2Cu9(AsO4)4(CO3)(OH)8·11H2O83.483.40245
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl145660605
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)283.483.4244932,4494356
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1014566244932,449361395
Veszelyite  (*)Veszelyite(Cu,Zn)2Zn(PO4)(OH)3·2H2O83.483.414493920
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO414566144943303
Wiluite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19(Al,Mg)13(B,   ,Al)5(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(O,OH)10145661449436
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31456601247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO4145661449431655
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)145660939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1456605251



2 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
Kristen00201083.483.483.4 mineralization age     Sn, Cu31920Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, ChinaGejiuJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Chen2007tbl01-0214566Cretaceous?      Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Electrum 186995Jixinnao Au-Cu Deposit, Kafang Ore Field (Kafang Mine), Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, ChinaJixinnao, Gejiu, YunnanChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R160003Laochang Ore Field (Laochang Mine), Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R160003


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