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Locality Name:
Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 393
Youngest recorded age at locality: 323

mindat Locality ID: 48873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-48873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°6'35"N
Longitude: 113°37'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.109722222222,113.62916666667
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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
FluoriteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOwyheeitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Owyheeite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S39332302793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)39332302734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)239332303092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS39332309052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)393323011547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S339332301935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS439332305516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS339332301089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)393323027770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)39332304979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S39332305707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2393323027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS39332302600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)239332309895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF239332309617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S123933230663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS393323024243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3393323014640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S143933230784
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS239332305674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2393323017380
Owyheeite  (*)OwyheeiteAg3Pb10Sb11S28393323089
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS33933230733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS339332301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2393323039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S839332309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2393323061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO239332305614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)39332304894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)39332306417
Silver  (*)CopperAg39332305186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)39332302473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS393323021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS43933230586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S339332303418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1339332305317


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
sedexmvt-00094393359Middle-Late Devonian host rock age      48873Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaFankouTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-00157359323Early Carboniferous        48873Fankou Mine, Renhua Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, ChinaFankouSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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