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Molybdenite from
Baishan Mo-Re deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Age information
Maximum recorded age:233.6 Ma
Minimum recorded age:218.5 Ma
Sample ages:
Recorded ageGeologic TimeSampleDating method
1229 to 222 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
2224.8 ± 4.5 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
3229.4 ± 1.7 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
4225.5 to 218.5 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
5232.5 to 225.5 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
6232.3 to 224.9 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
7233 to 225.8 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
8231.7 to 224.1 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
9232 to 224.2 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
10233.6 to 226.2 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
11225.9 to 218.7 MaLate/Upper Triassic - Re-Os
Sample references:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
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Zhang, L., Xiao, W., Qin, K., Qu, W., Du, A.(2005) Re
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Baishan Mo-Re deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:461734
Long-form Identifier:1:3:461734:1
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
17.9km (11.1 miles) ⓘHongling Mo Mine, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China
64.1km (39.9 miles) ⓘHongjianbingshan W deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China
81.0km (50.3 miles) ⓘXiaobaishitou Mo-W deposit, Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
81.1km (50.4 miles) ⓘSanchakou Cu deposit (Sanchalu Cu deposit), Yizhou District, Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China
84.1km (52.3 miles) ⓘShuangjingzi Fe deposit, Guazhou Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China
References
Zhang, Lianchang, Xiao, Wenjiao, Qin, Kezhang, Qu, Wenjun, Du, Andao (2005) Re?Os isotopic dating of molybdenite and pyrite in the Baishan Mo?Re deposit, eastern Tianshan, NW China, and its geological significance. Mineralium Deposita, 39 (8) 960-969 doi:10.1007/s00126-004-0451-y
Dayu Zhang, Taofa Zhou, Feng Yuan, Yu Fan, Shuai Liu, and Wenjun Qu (2009): Mineral Deposits 28(5), 663-672
 
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