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Locality Name:
Hainan, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 960
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 123278
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123278.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hainan, China": 48
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Baisha Co.
Baoting Co.
Changjiang Co.
Chengmai Co.
Ding'an Co.
Dongfang Co.
Ledong Co.
Qionghai Co.
Qiongzhong Co.
Tunchang Co.
Wanning Co.
Wenchang Co.

Latitude: 19°0'18"N
Longitude: 109°46'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.005,109.7675

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.

Acanthite	Allophane	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Lillianite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Ullmannite	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Kobellite Lillianite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Perovskite Prehnite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite Titanite Ullmannite Zircon

98 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Aleksite ()*	Anatase ()*
Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baksanite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cannizzarite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cattierite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hedleyite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jacobsite ()*	Jonassonite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Linnaeite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maldonite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Matildite ()*
Maucherite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Mullite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Piemontite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Ustarasite ()*	Vernadite ()*	Violarite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			1	39011	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	960	830	3	38988,39005,39023	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	960	90	4	38985,38988,39009,39023	8803
Aleksite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₂S₂			1	39009	28
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	66	0	3	39018,39026,39027	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	960	830	1	38988	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	39011	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	960	90	1	38988	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			5	38990,38994,39002,39005,39009	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	960	830	1	38988	5509
Baksanite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₆Te₂S₃			1	39009	4
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	960	90	2	38988,39002	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	39009	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			2	39009,39024	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	960	830	1	38988	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	960	90	8	38986,38988,38990,38994,39002,39009,39023,39024	27770
Cannizzarite ()*	None	Pb₈Bi₁₀S₂₃			1	39009	41
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	154
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	66	0	3	39018,39026,39027	5171
Cattierite ()*	Pyrite	CoS₂	960	830	1	38988	30
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	39011	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	960	830	1	38988	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	960	830	8	38988,39002,39005,39009,39011,39019,39021,39024	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	66	0	3	39018,39026,39027	3902
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	960	830	1	38988	3531
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	39023	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	960	830	1	38988	966
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	960	830	1	38988	82
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆			1	38998	518
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	38998	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	960	90	1	38988	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	960	90	2	38986,38988	9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39023	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	960	830	4	38988,39002,39023,39024	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	38983,39002	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	960	90	1	38988	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	960	90	6	38988,39002,39005,39009,39011,39024	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	39009	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			9	38990,38994,39001,39002,39003,39005,39006,39009,39021	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	960	90	1	38988	6890
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃			1	39009	104
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	960	830	3	38988,39002,39009	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	0	8	38998,39002,39009,39011,39018,39023,39026,39027	5433
Jacobsite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	38986	172
Jonassonite ()*	Not in a structural group	Au(Bi,Pb)₅S₄			1	39009	19
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	960	90	4	38988,39005,39009,39011	5591
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	39009	128
Linnaeite ()*	Spinel	Co²⁺Co³⁺₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	249
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂			1	38995	210
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39023	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	960	0	7	38988,38998,39011,39018,39024,39026,39027	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	960	830	2	38988,39024	12537
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi			1	39009	88
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	960	830	1	38988	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	960	90	1	38988	252
Maucherite ()*	None	Ni₁₁As₈	960	90	1	38988	161
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	38985	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	39019,39021,39024	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	39024	140
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	960	0	0		78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	960	90	12	38985,38988,38994,39002,39005,39006,39009,39011,39019,39021,39023,39024	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	960	90	1	38988	633
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	960	90	1	38988	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	39011,39023	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	39023	313
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	960	830	1	38988	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	960	90	1	38988	2273
Piemontite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂(Al₂Mn³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	960	0	0		260
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃			1	39009	57
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	39023	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	960	830	13	38986,38988,38990,38994,39001,39002,39003,39004,39005,39009,39011,39021,39024	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	38986	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl			1	39011	1725
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	38998	341
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	960	90	1	38988	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	960	830	2	38988,39009	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	960	0	16	38985,38988,38990,38994,39001,39002,39003,39005,39009,39011,39018,39019,39021,39024,39026,39027	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	38986	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	0	6	39009,39018,39023,39024,39026,39027	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	39002	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	960	830	1	38988	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	39009	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	960	830	1	38988	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	960	90	7	38988,39002,39005,39009,39011,39021,39024	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	38998	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	960	90	1	38988	3337
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃			1	39009	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	960	830	1	38988	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	960	90	3	38988,39023,39024	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	960	830	2	38988,39023	2562
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	960	90	2	38988,39009	293
Ustarasite ()*	None	Pb(Bi,Sb)₆S₁₀			1	39009	9
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	38986	65
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	960	830	1	38988	380
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			1	39011	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	960	0	6	38988,38998,39002,39018,39026,39027	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	39024	1025

6 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age Interpret	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen002432	960	830		deposition of BIF-type ore beds	Fe, Cu, Co	17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318
Kristen002433	830	360		formation of metamorphic sedimentary BIF-type ore deposit		17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318
Kristen002434	250	210		refinement of ore deposit through deformation and plutonism		17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318
Kristen002435	130	90		overprinting mineralizing stage		17046	Shilu Mine, Changjiang Co., Hainan, China	Shilu Fe-(Co-Cu) ore deposit	Xu et al. (2013)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.015	OGR53_318
ree-00297	66	0	Cenozoic			145093	Sailao REE Deposit, Qionghai Co., Hainan, China	Sai-Lao (Quoinghi)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189
ree-00298	66	0	Cenozoic			145092	Wuzhuang Mine, Wanning Co., Hainan, China	Wuzhaung (Baoding)	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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