Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tongren, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 123460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongren, Guizhou, China": 42
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Dejiang Co.
Jiangkou Co.
Shiqian Co.
Sinan Co.
Songtao Co.
Tongren Co.
Wanshan District
Yanhe Co.
Yinjiang Co.
Yuping Co.

Latitude: 27°48'40"N
Longitude: 108°48'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.811111111111,108.80472222222

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Jordisite ()*
Kutnohorite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tiemannite ()*
Topaz ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Topaz

41 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	6	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38945	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	38929,38951	8803
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	38938	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	38939,38951	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	38951	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	13	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38933,38936,38939,38944,38945,38948,38949,38953	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	38951	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	15	38920,38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38933,38936,38937,38939,38940,38944,38945,38948,38951	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	38918,38951	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	38918,38951	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	8	38920,38925,38938,38939,38940,38942,38944,38946	2600
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	38951	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	17	38914,38920,38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932,38933,38936,38938,38939,38940,38942,38944,38945,38946	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	38951	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	38914,38933,38936,38948,38951	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	9	38922,38923,38933,38936,38937,38939,38944,38948,38951	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	38916	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	38926	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	2	38933,38936	784
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	1	38921	102
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	6	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38945	234
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	38951	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	38933,38936	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	38944	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	2	38939,38944	255
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	38924,38948,38951	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	38920,38944	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38933,38936,38939,38944,38945,38948,38951,38954	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	38928	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	38951	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	15	38916,38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932,38939,38940,38942,38944,38945,38946,38948,38951	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	38920,38944	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	8	38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932,38943,38945	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	38951	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	38951	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	38933,38936	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	9	38922,38923,38933,38936,38937,38939,38944,38948,38951	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	38940,38944,38951	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	38951	5317
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	38944	83
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	38951	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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