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Locality Name:
Lanmuchang Tl-Hg Deposit, Xingren Co., Qianxi'nan, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 13580
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13580.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lanmuchang Tl-Hg Deposit, Xingren Co., Qianxi'nan, Guizhou, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°31'28"N
Longitude: 105°30'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.524444444444,105.50833333333
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 As Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg O S Si Tl W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Fe H Hg K Mg O S Si Tl W 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AlumAluniteArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteClayDiasporeGypsumHalotrichite
KaoliniteMarcasiteMelanteriteMicaNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzScheeliteSulphur
Talc

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Alum-(K)  (*)Arsenolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Christite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Halotrichite  (*)Imhofite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lanmuchangite  (*)Lorándite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Pickeringite  (*)Picropharmacolite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Raguinite  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sulphur  (*)
Talc  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alum-(K)  (*)AlumKAl(SO4)2·12H2O260235092
Arsenolite  (*)ArsenoliteAs2O32602350231
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS26023509052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)260235011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)260235027770
Christite  (*)NoneTlHgAsS326023506
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS26023502600
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42602350651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)226023509895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)26023507437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O26023506890
Halotrichite  (*)HalotrichiteFe2+Al2(SO4)4·22H2O2602350409
Imhofite  (*)NoneTl5.8As15.4S2626023502
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)626023502228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)426023505591
Lanmuchangite  (*)AlumTlAl(SO4)2·12H2O26023502
Lorándite  (*)NoneTlAsS2260235015
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS226023505674
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O2602350915
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2260235017380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S32602350511
Pickeringite  (*)HalotrichiteMgAl2(SO4)4·22H2O2602350265
Picropharmacolite  (*)NoneCa4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2·11H2O260235099
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2260235039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2260235061156
Raguinite  (*)NoneTlFeS226023504
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS2602350712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)26023504894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O26023501153
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS26023502045
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)226023503337


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Hg-00058260235 Fossils     Christite, CinnabarHg13580Lanmuchang Tl-Hg Deposit, Xingren Co., Qianxi'nan, Guizhou, China Zhang et al. (2000a); Zhang et al. (2000b)   

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