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Locality Name:
Longyan, Fujian, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 133
Youngest recorded age at locality: 94.7

mindat Locality ID: 64240
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64240.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longyan, Fujian, China": 39
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Liancheng Co.
Shanghang Co.
Wuping Co.
Xinluo District
Yongding Co.
Zhangping Co.

Latitude: 25°11'35"N
Longitude: 116°45'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.193055555556,116.76027777778

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti V W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousAmphiboleAragoniteBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CopperCoronaditeCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEnargiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetGermaniteIlvaiteKaoliniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural group
PyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteStannoiditeStibniteTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazVesuvianite
WollastoniteWurtziteZircon

101 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Albite  (*)
Alunite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anilite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Bustamite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chatkalite  (*)Colusite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cryptomelane  (*)Cuprite  (*)Deerite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)
Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Djurleite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Geerite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hemusite  (*)
Ilvaite  (*)Johannsenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Kiddcreekite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malayaite  (*)Manganite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Opal  (*)Orientite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spionkopite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Stannoidite  (*)Talc  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vernadite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)
Vinciennite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Yarrowite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zunyite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S94.794.71372962793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2133133337302,37311,373123419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS394.794.7137296315
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS137277312
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1331331373128803
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)610594.7637287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297966
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)3133133237302,373121534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1373052734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)105105237289,372911588
Anilite  (*)DigeniteCu7S410510513729188
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)10594.7537276,37277,37291,37296,3730511547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3133133237302,373121935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS410594.7637287,37288,37290,37291,37296,372975516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)137276483
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2133133237276,37312101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13394.7637276,37277,37296,37298,37302,3731227770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2133133337302,37309,373125171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1373054979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S10594.7537286,37287,37289,37291,372965707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O137276197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213394.71437277,37286,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298,37302,37305,37309,3731227198
Chatkalite  (*)NoneCu6FeSn2S894.794.71372968
Colusite  (*)Sphalerite GermaniteCu13VAs3S16105105237285,37291110
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16137276227
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS10594.7737285,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,372974165
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16237276,37277599
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1051051372912970
Deerite  (*)NoneFe2+6Fe3+3(Si6O17)O3(OH)510510513729127
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)105105237289,37291481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)410594.7737287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298651
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S10594.7737287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,372971027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6133133537277,37278,37302,37311,373124135
Djurleite  (*)NoneCu31S16105105137291300
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2133133437276,37277,37305,373129895
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS410594.7737285,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37297910
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)133133637277,37278,37302,37305,37311,373128173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2133133237311,37312271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2133133437302,37305,37311,373129617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13394.71237277,37278,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37302,37305,37308,37309,3731224243
Geerite  (*)NoneCu8S510510513729138
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1051051372917437
Gold  (*)CopperAu10594.7437291,37296,37298,3730130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1372762812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3237277,373051544
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2137311209
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4137277350
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6133133237305,37312741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3133133237302,3731214640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1373051689
Hemusite  (*)SphaleriteCu1+4Cu2+2SnMoS8105105237285,372917
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)133133237305,37312197
Johannsenite  (*)PyroxeneCaMnSi2O613730573
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)410594.7637276,37291,37296,37300,37302,373055591
Kiddcreekite  (*)NoneCu6WSnS810594.7437285,37291,37296,372979
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2237276,37277210
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4137302229
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4133105937276,37278,37289,37291,37302,37305,37309,37311,3731214899
Malayaite  (*)TitaniteCaSnO(SiO4)13730240
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)237276,37277770
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS810594.7337285,37291,3729692
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2133105737289,37291,37302,37305,37307,37308,373125800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213394.71337276,37277,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298,37302,37305,3731217380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x237276,37277121
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O105105237276,372912994
Orientite  (*)NoneCa8Mn3+10(SiO4)3(Si3O10)3(OH)10·4H2O1372768
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1331331373122349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21331331373122273
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31372771425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213394.71537276,37277,37278,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37296,37297,37298,37302,37305,37311,3731239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2437276,37277,37279,372943106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2105105237277,37291771
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3133133237276,37312147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8133133337278,37302,373129056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213394.71837276,37277,37278,37287,37288,37289,37290,37291,37294,37296,37297,37298,37300,37302,37305,37309,37311,3731261156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)337276,37277,373051711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)137277969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1331331373124894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)94.794.7337276,37296,373056417
Silver  (*)CopperAg94.794.7237296,372985186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1373052473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3237276,372771214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13394.71337276,37277,37278,37287,37288,37290,37291,37296,37302,37305,37308,37309,3731221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41372771934
Spionkopite  (*)NoneCu39S2810510513729173
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4137302668
Stannoidite  (*)StannoiditeCu8(Fe,Zn)3Sn2S12105105237285,3729180
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21372773337
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1310594.7337285,37291,372961803
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S133133137312510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1310594.7237291,372965317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1372774899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2237293,373021476
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2133133337278,37302,373122562
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O237276,3727765
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10133133237277,373121395
Vinciennite  (*)NoneCu10Fe4SnAsS16105105237285,3729113
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS394.794.7137296297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3133133237277,373121247
Yarrowite  (*)NoneCu9S810510513729170
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1372935251
Zunyite  (*)NoneAl13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl10510513729186



6 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
Kristen002007101.9101.9101.9 mineralization age     Cu, Au135238Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaZijinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002008100100100 mineralization age     Cu, Au135238Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaZijinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002006105105105 mineralization age     Cu, Mo135264Luoboling Cu-(Mo) Deposit (Luobuling Cu-(Mo) Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaLuobulingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
PorphCu-00162105105105      Alunite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Dickite, Digenite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Opal, Pyrite, Sphalerite, ZunyiteCu135237Zijinshan Mine, Zijinshan Ore Field, Shanghang Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaZijinshanSinger et al. (2008) USGSOFR2008_1155 
Kristen00200994.794.794.7 mineralization age     Ag, Au, Cu134713Bitian Au-Ag-Cu Deposit (Bitan Au-Ag-Cu Deposit), Zijinshan Ore Field, Wuping Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaBitianJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002022133133133 mineralization age     Fe157567Makeng Fe Deposit, Zhangping Co., Longyan, Fujian, ChinaMakengJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 


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