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Locality Name:
Xianghuapu Mine (Maiwan Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 152

mindat Locality ID: 63811
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-63811.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xianghuapu Mine (Maiwan Mine), Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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 Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeBerylCalciteClayFluoriteHumiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneOlivine
PhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStannite
TopazVesuvianite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Beryl  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Diopside  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hsianghualite  (*)Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phenakite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sellaite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stannite  (*)Topaz  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1816015204286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)160152027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO216015205171
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21601520285
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41601520321
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O616015204135
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF216015209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS160152024243
Hsianghualite  (*)AnalcimeLi2Ca3Be3(SiO4)3F216015202
Magnesiotaaffeite-2N'2S  (*)NoneMg3BeAl8O16160152018
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4160152014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS216015205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2160152017380
Phenakite  (*)PhenakiteBe2(SiO4)1601520326
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2160152039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2160152061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)16015204894
Sellaite  (*)RutileMgF2160152046
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS160152021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O416015201934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41601520668
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F216015201476
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1016015201395


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
Be-00007160152156U-Pb highcassiterite  YesCassiteriteHsianghualite, Liberite, Ferrotaaffeite-2N2SBe157020Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China Yuan et al. (2008)10.1007/s00126-007-0166-yMD43_375 
Grew_Li_2019_0047155155155     YesHsianghualite 157020Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, ChinaXianghualing ore field, Linwu County, Hunan Province, ChinaYuan et al. (2008); Zhu et al. (2011)   

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