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Locality Name:
Liupanshui, Guizhou, China


mindat Locality ID: 109733
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-109733.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liupanshui, Guizhou, China": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Liuzhi District
Pan Co.
Shuicheng Co.
Zhongshan District

Latitude: 26°23'32"N
Longitude: 105°5'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.392222222222,105.08972222222

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Ti U V Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O S Sb 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDescloiziteDiaspore
FluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSulphurTalcWurtziteZircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Descloizite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)Hydrozincite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Plumbojarosite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Sulphur  (*)Talc  (*)Tyuyamunite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Vanadinite  (*)Witherite  (*)Wurtzite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2238752,387622162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21387613092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)638759,38761,38766,38767,38768,3876911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41387615516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)838752,38759,38761,38762,38766,38767,38768,3876927770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)238766,387694979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1387615707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213876127198
Descloizite  (*)DescloizitePbZn(VO4)(OH)138766378
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2738752,38759,38762,38766,38767,38768,387699895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2438759,38764,38766,387699617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS638759,38761,38766,38767,38768,3876924243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)238761,387667437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O338752,38761,387626890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313876114640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O1387691689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)61387611066
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4238752,387625591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213876112537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2238752,387625674
Plumbojarosite  (*)AlunitePb0.5Fe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6138761477
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2638752,38759,38761,38762,38766,3876939462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21387613106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81387699056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2738752,38761,38762,38766,38767,38768,3876961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2238752,387625614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)438761,38767,38768,387696417
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)238766,387692473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS638759,38761,38766,38767,38768,3876921482
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS02045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21387613337
Tyuyamunite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5-8H2O138760628
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21387602718
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O30369
Vanadinite  (*)ApatitePb5(VO4)3Cl138766605
Witherite  (*)AragoniteBa(CO3)138761251
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS138769372
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)238752,387625251



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