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Locality Name:
Xinyi Co., Maoming, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 134833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinyi Co., Maoming, Guangdong, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Dongtian Au Deposit
Guizi Mn Deposit
Hejiang Au Deposit
Qichan Sn Deposit
Xiping Sn Deposit
Yinyan Sn Deposit
Yunlikeng Mn Deposit

Latitude: 22°32'15"N
Longitude: 111°18'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.5375,111.30388888889

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeFeldsparFluorite
KaoliniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazTungstiteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)Tungstite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismite  (*)NoneBi2O3137927214
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1379271966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3237926,379271935
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)137927716
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41379275516
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2337925,37926,379275171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1379275707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2237926,3792727198
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2237926,379279617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13792724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1379257437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13792230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313792714640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41379275591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237925,3792714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2237926,379275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2237926,3792717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1379272349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2337922,37926,3792739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8237926,379279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2537922,37923,37926,37927,3792861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)237923,379281711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1379274894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)237923,379286417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS237926,3792721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131379275317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1379264899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2237926,379271476
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O137927118
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)137927939



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