Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 570
Youngest recorded age at locality: 52

mindat Locality ID: 187274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Huangao District
Lujing Deposit (Sanerer Deposit; U Deposit No. 322)
Niuweiling Deposit (U Deposit No. 324)
Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit)
Yangjiaonao U Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Autunite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Autunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cordierite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Uranophane-α ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe O Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41341	8803
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O			1	41339	1272
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	570	52	2	41341,41344	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	570	52	2	41341,41344	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			2	41339,41341	1756
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	570	52	1	41344	1008
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	570	52	1	41344	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	570	52	2	41341,41344	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	570	52	2	41341,41344	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	41339	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	41341	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	570	52	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	41341	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	570	52	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	41339	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	41339	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	570	52	2	41339,41344	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	570	52	2	41341,41344	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	570	52	1	41344	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	570	52	2	41341,41344	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	570	52	1	41344	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	41341	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	41341	4899
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O			1	41339	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	54	52	6	41340,41341,41342,41343,41344,41345	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	41339	890
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)			1	41339	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	41341	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Giersdorf_00000916	The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000917	The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China
Giersdorf_00000918	The Shabon U Deposit is one of many Hydrothermal-reworked type U deposits found in southern China

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	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
Giersdorf_00000916	570	570	570		wall rock age					210705	Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Shabon U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	Relative Geological Age applied to the wall rock
Giersdorf_00000917	54	54	54	U-Pb	mineralization age	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	210705	Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Shabon U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality
Giersdorf_00000918	52	52	52	U-Pb	mineralization age	uraninite	Uraninite	Uraninite	U	210705	Shabazi U Deposit (Shabon U Deposit; SBZ U Deposit), Lujing Uranium Ore Field, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China	Shabon U Deposit	Min (1995)	10.1016/0169-1368(95)00005-M	OGR10_51	U-Pb age for Uranium Mineralization found in the locality

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