Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Qingyuan, Guangdong, China

mindat Locality ID: 145503
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145503.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qingyuan, Guangdong, China": 57
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 47

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Fogang Co.
Liannan Co.
Lianshan Co.
Lianzhou Co. (Lian Co.)
Qingcheng District
Qingxin Co.
Yangshan Co.
Yingde Co.

Latitude: 24°24'8"N
Longitude: 112°41'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.402222222222,112.69666666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Apatite	Arseniosiderite	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chalcostibite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Ludwigite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tridymite	Wollastonite

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 B Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Apatite Arseniosiderite Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chalcostibite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coronadite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Ludwigite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite Topaz Tridymite Wollastonite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arseniosiderite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Autunite ()*	Beudantite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcostibite ()*	Coronadite ()*
Cryptomelane ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluoborite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mimetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Vanmeersscheite ()*	Vernadite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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	38019	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	37985,37992,37995,37997,38011	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	37977	2734
Arseniosiderite ()*	Arseniosiderite	Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(AsO₄)₃·3H₂O	1	37977	194
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	37995,38011	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	37988	1272
Beudantite ()*	Alunite	PbFe³⁺₃(AsO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	37977	413
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	5	38008,38010,38012,38016,38019	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	38011	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	37982,37988,38011,38017,38020	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	3	37999,38008,38019	5171
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	37990	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	7	37973,37975,38001,38011,38012,38019,38020	27198
Chalcostibite ()*	Chalcostibite	CuSbS₂	1	38020	162
Coronadite ()*	Coronadite	Pb(Mn⁴⁺₆Mn³⁺₂)O₁₆	1	37990	227
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	2	37986,37990	599
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37988	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37995	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	37988,38011,38013,38020	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37990,38019	8173
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	37969	196
Fluoborite ()*	None	Mg₃(BO₃)F₃	1	38001	52
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	37967,37976,38005	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	12	37973,37975,37977,37978,37988,38006,38011,38013,38016,38017,38019,38020	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	37995,38011	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	37971,37972	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	37988,38019	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37995	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	37986	210
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	38001	134
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	38019	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37981,38001,38019	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37988	5674
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1	37977	1107
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	37995,38011,38013,38019,38020	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	37968	884
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	37990	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	37973,37988,37995,38008,38010,38011,38013,38014,38015,38017,38019,38021,38022	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	37986,37990	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	38011,38015,38019	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	37988,37990,37995,38008,38010,38011,38019,38020	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	38011	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	38010,38012,38019	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	37977	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	37973,37975,37977,37978,38001,38006,38011,38013,38016,38017,38020	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38004	3418
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	1	38001	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	37998,38000	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	38011,38020	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	38019	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37995	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	37988	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	37988	890
Vanmeersscheite ()*	None	U(UO₂)₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₆·4H₂O	1	37988	8
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	37990	65
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	37983	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050007	Pingtouling Mine (Dashuihu Mine), Liannan Co., Qingyuan, Guangdong, China	https://rruff.info/R050007

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