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Locality Name:
Babu District, Hezhou, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 210713
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210713.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Babu District, Hezhou, Guangxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Longshui Mine
Zhanggongling Mine

Latitude: 24°21'0"N
Longitude: 112°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.35,112
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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C H Mo O S Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllargentumArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFluoriteMica
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dyscrasite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Freieslebenite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hessite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Polybasite  (*)
Proustite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1384802793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS238478,384809052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13848011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41384785516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338478,38479,3848027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21384805171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2338478,38479,3848027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21384809895
Dyscrasite  (*)AllargentumAg3+xSb1-x (x ≈ 0.2)138480180
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21384809617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12138480663
Freieslebenite  (*)NoneAgPbSbS3138480105
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS338478,38479,3848024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu338478,38479,3848030554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1384792812
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te138478804
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)601066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2238478,3848017380
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]138480716
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3238478,38480733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3238478,384801425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2338478,38479,3848039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81384809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338478,38479,3848061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1384805186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS338478,38479,3848021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131384805317


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