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Locality Name:
Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 150.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 52165
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-52165.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°54'56"N
Longitude: 117°53'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.915555555556,117.885

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Cubanite	Epidote	Feldspar
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Wollastonite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cubanite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hedleyite ()*	Joséite-B ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Cubanite Epidote Feldspar
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite Wollastonite Wurtzite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	142.8	134.8	3419
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	142.8	134.8	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	142.8	134.8	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	142.8	134.8	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	142.8	134.8	27198
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	142.8	134.8	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	142.8	134.8	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	142.8	134.8	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	142.8	134.8	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	142.8	134.8	30554
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	142.8	134.8	104
Joséite-B ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₂S	142.8	134.8	86
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	142.8	134.8	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	142.8	134.8	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	142.8	134.8	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	142.8	134.8	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	142.8	134.8	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	142.8	134.8	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	142.8	134.8	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	142.8	134.8	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	142.8	134.8	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	142.8	134.8	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	142.8	134.8	1247

10 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
DeepDive-Co-0054	145	135	145-135	U-Pb	composite of U-Pb zircon ages of Igneous rocks within the ore field: small intrusions or dykes emplaced at intermediate to shallow depths, mainlyintermediate to felsic quartz monzodiorites, granodiorites, pyroxene monzodiorites, and adamellite porphyries			Yes				135086	Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Shizishan ore field	Xu et al. (2011)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2011.09.012	OGR43_347	composite of U-Pb zircon ages of Igneous rocks within the ore field: small intrusions or dykes emplaced at intermediate to shallow depths, mainlyintermediate to felsic quartz monzodiorites, granodiorites, pyroxene monzodiorites, and adamellite porphyries
Chen2007tbl01-38	145	66	Cretaceous					Yes		Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bismuthinite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Electrum		135087	Baocun Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Baocun, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
IGR50_392-00001	150.9	131.1	141±9.9	Re-Os		pyrrhotite		Yes	Pyrrhotite			135088	Chaoshan Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Chaoshan gold deposit	Wang et al (2008)	10.2747/0020-6814.50.4.392	IGR50_392
Mo-00260	141	137	139±2	Re-Os		molybdenite	DtsZK231-1		Molybdenite		Mo	52165	Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Datuanshan	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00261	142.4	137.4	139.9±2.5	Re-Os		molybdenite	DtsZK231-2		Molybdenite		Mo	52165	Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Datuanshan	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00262	142.2	137	139.6±2.6	Re-Os		molybdenite	dtsZK231-3		Molybdenite		Mo	52165	Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Datuanshan	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00263	141.2	134.8	138±3.2	Re-Os		molybdenite	dtsZK38151		Molybdenite		Mo	52165	Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Datuanshan	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00264	142.8	138.8	140.8±2	Re-Os		molybdenite	dtsZK38152		Molybdenite		Mo	52165	Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Datuanshan	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Mo-00265	140.7	136.7	138.7±2	Re-Os		molybdenite	dtsZK38152		Molybdenite		Mo	52165	Datuanshan Cu Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Datuanshan	Mao et al. (2006)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001	OGR29_307
Chen2007tbl01-37	145	66	Cretaceous					Yes		Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Galena, Gold, Magnetite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Siderite, Sphalerite		135083	Shizishan Cu-Au Deposit, Shizishan Ore Field, Tongling, Anhui, China	Shizishan, Tongling, Anhui	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

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