Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 5737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Daba Mine
Shangbao Au Deposit
Shangbao Mine

Latitude: 26°13'24"N
Longitude: 112°58'55"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.223333333333,112.98194444444

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O S Si Sn Sr Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Fe H Mg O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Topaz Vesuvianite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40322	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	0		9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	40322	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	40322	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	40320,40322	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	40322	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	40322	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40322	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	40322	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40322	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	40322	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	40322	196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40322	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	40321	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	40321	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40322	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40322	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40322	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	40322	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	40322	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	40321	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	40322	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40321,40322	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40322	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	40322	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	40322	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	40322	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	40322	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	40322	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	40322	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40322	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050046	Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China	https://rruff.info/R050046

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