Locality type:

Deposit

Classification

Species:

Molybdenite

Formula:

MoS₂

Age information

Maximum recorded age:

37.5 Ma

Minimum recorded age:

29.6 Ma

Sample ages:

	Recorded age	Geologic Time	Sample	Dating method
1	36.2 to 31.2 Ma	Paleogene	-	Re-Os
2	33.7 to 32.5 Ma	Oligocene	-	Re-Os
3	32.2 to 31 Ma	Oligocene	-	Re-Os
4	37.5 to 34.9 Ma	Eocene	-	Re-Os
5	33.9 to 32.7 Ma	Oligocene	-	Re-Os
6	31.9 to 30.5 Ma	Oligocene	-	Re-Os
7	32.8 to 29.6 Ma	Oligocene	-	Re-Os isochron

Sample references:

1	-	Han C, Xiao W, Zhao G, Sun M, Qu W, Du A (2014): Re-Os geochronology on molybdenites from the Donggebi Mo Deposit in the Eastern Tianshan of the Central Asia Orogenic Belt and its geological significance. Resource Geology 64 (2) 136-148.
2	-	Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
3	-	Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
4	-	Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
5	-	Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
6	-	Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu
7	-	Hou, Z., Zeng, P., Gao, Y., Du, A., and Fu, D. (2006) Himalayan Cu

Confirmation

Validity:

Believed Valid

Data

Mineral Data:

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Locality Data:

Click here to view Xifanping Cu-Au deposit, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China

Data Identifiers

Mindat Occurrence Record ID:

469180

Long-form Identifier:

1:3:469180:8

GUID (UUID V4):

389cdb93-b042-43f1-82ea-d2dfd4954c1e

Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite

17.2km (10.7 miles)

ⓘ Mofancun Cu deposit, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China

84.0km (52.2 miles)

ⓘ Dalucao REE deposit, Dechang County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China

References

Zengqian Hou, Pusheng Zeng, Yongfeng Gao, Andao Du, and Deming Fu (2006): Mineralium Deposita 41(1), 33-45.

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	Hou, Zengqian, Zeng, Pusheng, Gao, Yongfeng, Du, Andao, Fu, Deming (2006) Himalayan Cu–Mo–Au mineralization in the eastern Indo–Asian collision zone: constraints from Re–Os dating of molybdenite. Mineralium Deposita, 41 (1) 33-45 doi:10.1007/s00126-005-0038-2	Journal (article/letter/editorial)
	Yongfeng Gao . Andao Du . Deming Fu Himalayan Cu–Mo–Au mineralization in the eastern Indo–Asian collision...collision zone: constraints from Re–Os dating of molybdenite Received: 8 December 2003 / Accepted: 22 November...Re–Os molybdenite age data on three porphyry Cu–Mo–Au deposits (Yulong, Machangqing, and Xifanping). These...episodes of Cu–Mo–Au mineralization are recognized. At Yulong, Re–Os isotopic data of four molybdenite samples...of 40.9±0.1 Ma for the host monzogranite. The molybdenite Re–Os dates, together with K–Ar, Rb– Sr, U–Pb
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Molybdenite from Xifanping Cu-Au deposit, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China

Molybdenite from
Xifanping Cu-Au deposit, Yanyuan County, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China