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Locality Name:
Malage Ore Field, 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: 52128
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52128.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Malage Ore Field, Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bai Shanchong Granite
Bainidong Mine
Laoyinshan Mine
Malage Mine
Yinjiadong Mine

Latitude: 23°22'12"N
Longitude: 103°15'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.37,103.25916666667

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H In Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H In Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AdeliteAllophaneAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClay
CorundumDanburiteDiasporeFluoriteGarnetMalachiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPerovskite
PhenakitePrehnitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSodalite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteVesuvianiteWöhlerite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Amesite  (*)Andradite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Conichalcite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Danburite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Dzhalindite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Genthelvite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hongheite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mimetite  (*)Nordenskiöldine  (*)
Pargasite  (*)Powellite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schoenfliesite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Varlamoffite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Wiluite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Amesite  (*)Clay SerpentineMg2Al(AlSiO5)(OH)414566074
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31456601534
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1456609052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)283.483.405509
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3145661449481935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14566027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO283.483.4344946,44947,449485171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1456604979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S83.483.405707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214566244947,4494827198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O83.483.403531
Conichalcite  (*)AdeliteCaCu(AsO4)(OH)83.483.40363
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F414566067
Danburite  (*)DanburiteCaB2Si2O8145660148
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61456604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21456609895
Dzhalindite  (*)PerovskiteIn(OH)314566016
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F314566052
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21456609617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14566244945,4494624243
Genthelvite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteBe3Zn4(SiO4)3S14566060
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1456607437
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6145660741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314566014640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1456601689
Hongheite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19Fe2+Al4(Fe3+,Mg,Al)8(   ,B)4BSi18O69(O,OH)9145661449441
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414566014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)283.483.4012537
Mimetite  (*)ApatitePb5(AsO4)3Cl1456601107
Nordenskiöldine  (*)NoneCaSn(BO3)283.483.4016
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2145660313
Powellite  (*)ScheeliteCa(MoO4)145660494
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21456601898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214566039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81456609056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214566061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)145661449484894
Schoenfliesite  (*)PerovskiteMgSn(OH)683.483.4010
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1456601153
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1456602473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14566021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41456601934
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1383.483.405317
Varlamoffite  (*)Rutile(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)283.483.4056
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4145660303
Wiluite  (*)VesuvianiteCa19(Al,Mg)13(B,   ,Al)5(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(O,OH)101456606
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41456601655



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   Yes Sn, Cu31920Gejiu Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Gejiu Co., Honghe, Yunnan, ChinaGejiuJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Chen2007tbl01-0214566Cretaceous?     YesArsenopyrite, 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 


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