Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Maoming, Guangdong, China

mindat Locality ID: 145502
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145502.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maoming, Guangdong, China": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dianbai Co.
Huazhou Co.
Maoming Oil-shale Deposit
Xinyi Co.

Latitude: 22°1'17"N
Longitude: 110°59'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.021388888889,110.98916666667

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.

Arsenic	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite
Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Tungstite	Zircon

Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Buddingtonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Tungstite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo N O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite
Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Tungstite Zircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	1	37927	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	37927	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	37926,37927	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	37927	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37927	5516
Buddingtonite ()*	Feldspar	(NH₄)(AlSi₃)O₈	1	37920	27
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	37916,37917,37925,37926,37927	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37927	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37926,37927	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	37926,37927	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37927	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37925	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37922	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37927	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	3	37915,37917,37919	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	37920,37927	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37919,37925,37927	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	37926,37927	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	37926,37927	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37927	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37920,37922,37926,37927	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37926,37927	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	37920,37922,37923,37926,37927,37928	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	37923,37928	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	37915,37916,37917	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37927	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	37923,37928	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37926,37927	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37927	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	37926	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	2	37926,37927	1476
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	37927	118
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	37916,37927	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	37915,37917,37919	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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