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Locality Name:
Yinshan Mine, Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 178
Youngest recorded age at locality: 170

mindat Locality ID: 64294
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64294.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yinshan Mine, Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°58'0"N
Longitude: 117°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.966666666667,117.58333333333
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteEnargite
FeldsparKaoliniteMeloniteMicaNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SartoriteSphaleriteTetrahedriteWurtzite

35 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dufrénoysite  (*)Enargite  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jamesonite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Variscite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S17817002793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)17817008803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS17817009052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)178170011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS417817005516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S111781700843
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe21781700361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)178170027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S17817005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2178170027198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS17817004165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41781700651
Dufrénoysite  (*)SartoritePb2As2S5178170034
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS41781700910
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121781700663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS31781700105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS178170024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu178170030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3178170014640
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S141781700784
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)417817005591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2178170017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]1781700716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS31781700733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS317817001425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2178170039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2178170061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO217817005614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)17817006417
Silver  (*)CopperAg17817005186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS178170021482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS41781700586
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1317817001803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1317817005317
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O1781700301


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
Kristen002001178178178 mineralization age   Yes Cu, Pb, Zn225527Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaYinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 
Kristen002002170170170 mineralization age   Yes Cu, Pb, Zn225527Yinshan Ore Field, Dexing Co., Shangrao, Jiangxi, ChinaYinshanJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 

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