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Locality Name:
Hongyan, Heishui Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 147058
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147058.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hongyan, Heishui Co., Ngawa Autonomous Prefecture (Aba Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hongyan Mn Deposit
Xugu Mn Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe Mg Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeEpidoteGarnetMicaNone
PyriteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSpinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Piemontite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)243594,4359527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214359527198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2243594,435959895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1435957437
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314359514640
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)20234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4243594,4359514899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2243594,4359517380
Piemontite  (*)EpidoteCa2(Al2Mn3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)243594,43595260
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2243594,4359539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21435943106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2243594,4359561156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)243594,435951711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)243594,43595969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3243594,435951214



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