Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yiyang, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 135157
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135157.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yiyang, Hunan, China": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 23

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Anhua Co.
Heshan District
Taojiang Co.

Latitude: 28°22'26"N
Longitude: 111°52'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.373888888889,111.86916666667

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Beryl	Bixbyite	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Ramsdellite	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bixbyite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hauerite ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Lithiophorite ()*	Magnesionigerite-2N1S ()*	Magnesionigerite-6N6S ()*	Maldonite ()*	Manganite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uranocircite-II ()*	Vernadite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*

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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Li Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Beryl Bixbyite Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Ramsdellite Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Vesuvianite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	40501	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	40514	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40501	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3	40513,40523,40524	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	8	40501,40502,40505,40514,40517,40519,40522,40524	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	40509,40520	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	40513,40523,40525	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	40521	4286
Bixbyite ()*	Bixbyite	Mn³⁺₂O₃	1	40514	104
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	40514	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	40501,40504,40505,40507,40511,40513,40514,40523,40524	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	40523	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	40501,40502,40505,40513,40514,40523	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	40505,40524	2600
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	40514	57
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	40514	599
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	40501,40514	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	40504,40507,40513,40514,40523	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	40501	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	40501,40505,40513,40514,40523,40524	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	40502,40503,40505,40519,40522,40524	30554
Hauerite ()*	Pyrite	MnS₂	1	40514	26
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	40514	350
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40514	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	3	40513,40514,40523	234
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	40514	210
Magnesionigerite-2N1S ()*	None	(Mg,Al,Zn)₂(Al,Sn)₆O₁₁(OH)	1	40500	1
Magnesionigerite-6N6S ()*	None	(Mg,Al,Zn)₃(Al,Sn,Fe)₈O₁₅(OH)	1	40500	2
Maldonite ()*	None	Au₂Bi	1	40515	88
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	40514	770
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	40501	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	8	40502,40505,40507,40513,40514,40517,40523,40524	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x	1	40514	121
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	40514	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	14	40501,40502,40503,40504,40505,40507,40508,40511,40513,40514,40517,40519,40523,40524	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	40504,40514	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	40514	244
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	40501,40513,40514,40523	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	40501,40502,40503,40505,40507,40508,40511,40513,40514,40517,40518,40519,40521,40522,40523,40524	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	7	40504,40506,40507,40510,40513,40514,40523	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	2	40504,40514	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	5	40501,40502,40505,40511,40524	4894
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	40504,40514	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	40501,40505,40513,40514,40523,40524	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	10	40502,40503,40505,40508,40511,40517,40518,40519,40522,40524	3418
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	2	40509,40520	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	40501	2562
Uranocircite-II ()*	None	Ba(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10H₂O	1	40509	89
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40514	65
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	40514	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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