Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China

mindat Locality ID: 7901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°10'23"N
Longitude: 111°39'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.173055555556,111.65194444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tschermakite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O S Si Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tschermakite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	73
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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