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Locality Name:
Tongshi Complex, Pingyi Co., Linyi, Shandong, China

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

mindat Locality ID: 64178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongshi Complex, Pingyi Co., Linyi, Shandong, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Guilaizhuang Mine
Heshanzhuang Au Deposit
Lifanggou Au Deposit
Mofanggou Mine
Zhangli Mine
Zhuojiazhuang Mine

Latitude: 35°22'51"N
Longitude: 117°45'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.380833333333,117.76027777778

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te V W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melonite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

59 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bezsmertnovite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Calomel ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Coloradoite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dickite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Frohbergite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kostovite ()*	Krennerite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melonite ()*	Montbrayite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Roscoelite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Weissite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	145	66	1	43030	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	2	43030,43033	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	145	66	2	43030,43035	489
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	145	66	1	43033	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	145	66	1	43030	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	145	66	1	43030	11547
Bezsmertnovite ()*	None	(Au,Ag)₄Cu(Te,Pb)	145	66	2	43030,43035	6
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	145	66	1	43030	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	27770
Calomel ()*	None	HgCl	145	66	1	43030	91
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	145	66	1	43033	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	145	66	1	43033	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	145	66	2	43030,43033	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	145	66	1	43030	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	145	66	1	43030	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	145	66	1	43030	281
Coloradoite ()*	Sphalerite	HgTe	145	66	1	43030	169
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	145	66	1	43030	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	145	66	1	43030	4165
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	1	43035	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	145	66	3	43030,43032,43033	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	145	66	1	43030	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	9617
Frohbergite ()*	Marcasite	FeTe₂	145	66	2	43030,43035	40
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	145	66	1	43033	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	145	66	2	43030,43035	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	145	66	1	43030	804
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	145	66	1	43030	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	145	66	2	43030,43033	5591
Kostovite ()*	None	AuCuTe₄	145	66	1	43030	21
Krennerite ()*	None	Au₃AgTe₈	145	66	1	43030	111
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	145	66	2	43030,43035	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	145	66	2	43030,43033	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	145	66	3	43030,43033,43035	5674
Melonite ()*	Melonite	NiTe₂	145	66	1	43030	207
Montbrayite ()*	None	(Au,Ag,Sb,Bi,Pb)₂₃(Te,Sb,Bi,Pb)₃₈	145	66	1	43030	19
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	145	66	1	43030	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	145	66	1	43030	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	145	66	3	43030,43033,43035	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	145	66	1	43030	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	61156
Roscoelite ()*	Mica	KV³⁺₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	43030	253
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	145	66	1	43030	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	145	66	1	43030	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	145	66	1	43030	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	145	66	4	43030,43032,43033,43035	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	145	66	1	43035	3418
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	145	66	2	43030,43035	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	145	66	1	43035	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	145	66	2	43030,43035	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	145	66	1	43030	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	145	66	1	43030	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	145	66	1	43030	83
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	145	66	1	43030	31

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run 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
	Chen2007tbl01-47	145	66	Cretaceous									Arsenopyrite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrite, Siderite, Sphalerite		64180	Guilaizhuang Mine, Tongshi Complex, Pingyi Co., Linyi, Shandong, China	Guilaizhuang, Pingyi, Shandong	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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