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Locality Name:
Maoping W-Sn Deposit, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 156.8
Youngest recorded age at locality: 156.8

mindat Locality ID: 192890
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192890.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maoping W-Sn Deposit, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°40'0"N
Longitude: 114°29'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.666666666667,114.48333333333
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 As Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteChalcopyriteClayFeldsparFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNonePyrite
QuartzRutileSphaleriteTetrahedriteTopazTriplite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Triplite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2156.8156.803419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)156.8156.808803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS156.8156.809052
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2156.8156.805171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2156.8156.8027198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2156.8156.809617
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2156.8156.805800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2156.8156.8017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2156.8156.8039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2156.8156.8061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS156.8156.8021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13156.8156.805317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2156.8156.801476
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F156.8156.80233


1 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
Kristen001999156.8156.8156.8 mineralization age     W, Sn192890Maoping W-Sn Deposit, Chongyi Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, ChinaMaopingJingwen et al. (2013)10.1007/s00126-012-0446-zMD48_267 

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