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Locality Name:
Zhuanghe Co., Dalian, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 201
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 228646
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228646.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhuanghe Co., Dalian, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Wangbaoshan Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit
Zhuanghe Au Deposit

Latitude: 39°40'21"N
Longitude: 122°43'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.6725,122.71777777778
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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)2201661421443419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)20166242144,421458803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS201661421449052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2016614214411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS420166242144,421455516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)20166242144,4214527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS220166242144,4214527198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6201661421444135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20166242144,421458173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2201661421449617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS20166242144,4214524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1421457437
Gold  (*)CopperAu20166242144,4214530554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32016614214414640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4201661421445591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42016614214414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22016614214412537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2201661421445674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1421454924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2201661421445800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)220166242144,4214517380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)20166242144,421452349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2201661421442273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS220166242144,4214539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8201661421449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO220166242144,4214561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS20166242144,4214521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13201661421445317
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2201661421442562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)20166242144,421451025


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
Chen2007tbl01-4920166Jurassic–Cretaceous      Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite 187022Wangbaoshan Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit, Zhuanghe Co., Dalian, Liaodong Peninsula, Liaoning, ChinaWangbaoshan, Wafangdian, LiaoningChen et al. (2007)10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001OGR31_139 

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