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Locality Name:
Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 108599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-108599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Dawashan Mn Deposit

Latitude: 29°19'59"N
Longitude: 102°55'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.333055555556,102.91666666667

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 Ba C Ca Co Fe H Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteBrauniteBruciteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bementite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Groutite  (*)Hausmannite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)Manganosite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrochroite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14344811547
Bementite  (*)ClayMn7Si6O15(OH)8143448173
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)143448483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14344827770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21434489895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14344824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1434487437
Groutite  (*)DiasporeMn3+O(OH)14344872
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4143448350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314344814640
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2143448234
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414344814899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)143448770
Manganosite  (*)RocksaltMnO14344873
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214344839462
Pyrochroite  (*)BruciteMn2+(OH)214344856
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21434483106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214344861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1434481711
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4143448249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14344821482



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