Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yichang, Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 145664
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145664.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yichang, Hubei, China": 46
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 37

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Changyang Co.
Dianjun District
Wufeng Co.
Xingshan Co.
Yidu Co.
Yiling District
Yuan'an Co.
Zhijiang Co.
Zigui Co.

Latitude: 30°45'51"N
Longitude: 110°53'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.764166666667,110.89694444444

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.

Acanthite	Argyrodite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Tetradymite	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Almandine ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Greigite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Titanite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Ge H Hg K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite Mica None Not in a structural group
Orpiment Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Tetradymite Titanite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	40083	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1	40083	87
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	40085,40094	2353
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	40083	62
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	40085	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	40083,40084	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	40110	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	18	40068,40069,40070,40071,40076,40077,40078,40079,40080,40081,40083,40088,40089,40093,40100,40101,40108,40111	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40110	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	40072	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	40074,40083,40084,40098,40100	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	40110	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40084	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	40084,40096,40103	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	40077	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	40110,40112	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	40083,40085,40095	2812
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	40100	62
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	40083	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14	40068,40069,40070,40071,40076,40077,40078,40079,40080,40081,40089,40093,40108,40111	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	40085	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	15	40068,40069,40070,40071,40076,40077,40078,40079,40080,40081,40089,40093,40108,40110,40111	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	40085	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40085	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	40083	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40083	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	40083,40084,40085,40110	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	40083	192
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	40072	511
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	40110	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	40083,40084,40085,40100,40106,40110	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	21	40068,40069,40070,40071,40076,40077,40078,40079,40080,40081,40083,40084,40085,40089,40093,40095,40100,40108,40110,40111,40112	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40085	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	14	40068,40069,40070,40071,40076,40077,40078,40079,40080,40081,40089,40093,40108,40111	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	40085,40094	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	40083	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	40084	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	40084,40096,40103	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	40085	978
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	40110	276
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	40085	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40085	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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