Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dongfang Co., Hainan, China

mindat Locality ID: 145202
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145202.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dongfang Co., Hainan, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baoban Gold Field
Beiniu Au Deposit (Niuling Au Deposit)
Bumo Au Deposit
Hongfumenling Au Deposit (Wuhua Au Depost)

Latitude: 18°53'44"N
Longitude: 108°45'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.895555555556,108.76361111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	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 K Mg O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Fluorite Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Zircon

18 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	39005	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	39002,39005	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	39002	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39002	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	39002,39005	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	39002	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	39002	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	39002,39005	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	39001,39002,39003,39005,39006	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39002	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39002	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39005	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	39002,39005,39006	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	39001,39002,39003,39004,39005	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	39001,39002,39003,39005	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	39002	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	39002,39005	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39002	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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