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Locality Name:
Huanggang, Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 145673
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145673.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huanggang, Hubei, China": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hong'an Co.
Huangmei Co.
Huangzhou District
Luotian Co.
Macheng Co.
Yingshan Co.

Latitude: 30°55'59"N
Longitude: 115°10'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.933055555556,115.17194444444

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: Ag Al Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmphiboleBaryteBismutiteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CoronaditeCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteGarnetIronKaoliniteMicaNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
TitaniteZircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Birnessite  (*)Bismutite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Coesite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)Iron  (*)Jacobsite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Ranciéite  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Romanèchite  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Titanium  (*)Todorokite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vernadite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1398922793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2239896,398993419
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21398922162
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1398901588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21398903092
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13989011547
Birnessite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K)0.6(Mn4+,Mn3+)2O4·1.5H2O239896,39899178
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)139892716
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)239896,39899483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)339890,39896,3989927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213989027198
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO2239888,3990577
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31399031797
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16239896,39899599
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2339890,39896,398999895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)239888,398958173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21398879617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13989024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)339890,39896,398997437
Gold  (*)CopperAu13989230554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3339892,39896,3989914640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16239896,39899243
Iron  (*)IronFe1399051089
Jacobsite  (*)SpinelMn2+Fe3+2O4239896,39899172
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4339887,39896,398995591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41398881507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4239888,3989214899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O239896,398991508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2539887,39888,39896,39899,3990517380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6439888,39895,39904,39905229
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2239896,398992273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2239890,3989239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2239896,398993106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2739887,39888,39890,39892,39896,39899,3990561156
Ranciéite  (*)None(Ca,Mn2+)0.2(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2·0.6H2O239896,39899177
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)239896,398991711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)239896,39899969
Romanèchite  (*)None(Ba,H2O)2(Mn4+,Mn3+)5O10239896,39899312
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2239888,399055614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1398906417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3239896,398991214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13989021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1398884899
Titanium  (*)NoneTi1399058
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O239896,39899433
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2239896,398992562
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O239896,3989965
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1398885251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1399051025



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