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Zircon from
Chengshan, Dalongshan-Zongyang massif, Zongyang County, Tongling, Anhui, China


Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Age information
Maximum recorded age:126.5 ± 2.1 Ma
Minimum recorded age:124.8 ± 2.1 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1126.5 ± 2.1 MaEarly/Lower Cretaceous - U-Pb
2124.8 ± 2.1 MaEarly/Lower Cretaceous - U-Pb
Sample references:
1 -
Fan, W., Zhang, C., Wang, Y., Guo, F., & Peng, T. (2008). Geochronology and geochemistry of Permian basalts in western Guangxi Province, Southwest China: Evidence for plume-lithosphere interaction. Lithos, 102(1-2), 218-236.
2 -
Wu, F. Y., Ji, W. Q., Sun, D. H., Yang, Y. H., & Li, X. H. (2012). Zircon U
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Chengshan, Dalongshan-Zongyang massif, Zongyang County, Tongling, Anhui, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1331591
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1331591:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
24.6km (15.3 miles) ⓘNihe Fe deposit, Lujiang Co., Hefei, Anhui, China
28.9km (18.0 miles) ⓘZhuchong Fe-Cu Deposit, Yueshan ore field, Huaining County, Anqing, Anhui, China
30.5km (18.9 miles) ⓘAnqing copper mine, Yueshan ore field, Huaining County, Anqing, Anhui, China
37.1km (23.0 miles) ⓘTongshan Mine (West Tongshan Mine), Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
43.5km (27.0 miles) ⓘHuangmeijian granite, Wuwei County, Wuhu, Anhui, China
44.3km (27.5 miles) ⓘShaxi-Changpushang Cu-Au deposit, Lujiang Co., Hefei, Anhui, China
46.5km (28.9 miles) ⓘMatou Mo-Cu deposit, Guichi District, Chizhou, Anhui, China
54.5km (33.8 miles) ⓘHuangtun S–Fe–Au–Cu deposit, Huangtun township (Huangtunxiang; Huangtong township; Huangtongxiang), Lujiang Co., Hefei, Anhui, China
61.3km (38.1 miles) ⓘGaojiabang W-Mo deposit, Qingyang Co., Chizhou, Anhui, China
62.5km (38.8 miles) ⓘJinkouling Mine (Jingkouling Mine), Tongguanshan ore field, Tongling, Anhui, China
References
Woolley, Alan R. (2019) Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World. Part 4: Antarctica, Asia and Europe (excluding the former USSR), Australasia and Oceanic Islands. The Geological Society of London. doi:10.1144/mpar4
 
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