Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 134845
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134845.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qiandongnan, Guizhou, China": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 36

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Congjiang Co.
Danzhai Co.
Huangping Co.
Jianhe Co.
Jinping Co.
Kaili Co.
Liping Co.
Majiang Co.
Rongjiang Co.
Shibing Co.
Taijiang Co.
Tianzhu Co.
Zhenyuan Co.

Latitude: 26°29'32"N
Longitude: 108°25'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.492222222222,108.42694444444

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.

Ajoite	Alunite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Berthierite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chalcostibite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Mercury ()*	Muscovite ()*	Navajoite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Valentinite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Ti V W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Ajoite Alunite Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	38793	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	38793	2162
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	38806	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	38793,38796,38806	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	10	38776,38778,38788,38789,38791,38793,38796,38808,38814,38815	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	38778,38784,38799,38803,38806,38809,38811	11547
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	1	38793	343
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	38774,38778,38779,38793,38794,38796,38805,38808,38809,38814,38818	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	38806	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	38772,38774,38775,38776,38789,38793,38809,38811,38814,38818	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	38793	162
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	38778,38779,38793	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9	38774,38778,38779,38793,38794,38805,38806,38809,38818	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	38776	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	38809	2740
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	38772,38774,38776,38791,38794,38796,38805,38806,38809,38814,38818	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	38798	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	13	38772,38776,38786,38788,38789,38791,38793,38796,38808,38810,38812,38814,38815	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	38776,38794	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	38806	1066
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	38793	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	38778,38780,38793	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	38793	230
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	38793	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	38776	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	38793,38814	5674
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	38778	397
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11	38774,38776,38778,38789,38791,38793,38796,38808,38809,38814,38818	17380
Navajoite ()*	Ajoite	(V⁵⁺,Fe³⁺)₁₀O₂₄·12H₂O	1	38817	11
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	38778	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	18	38773,38774,38776,38778,38788,38789,38791,38793,38794,38796,38805,38806,38808,38809,38811,38814,38815,38818	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	38793	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	38793	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	38772,38774,38775,38776,38778,38779,38786,38788,38789,38791,38793,38794,38796,38801,38806,38808,38809,38810,38812,38814,38818	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	3	38778,38779,38793	712
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	38793	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	38793,38798	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	38794,38806	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	14	38772,38774,38776,38789,38791,38793,38794,38796,38805,38806,38809,38811,38814,38818	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	38793	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	4	38778,38779,38793,38801	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	38772,38793	5317
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	38793	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	38814	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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