Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Leshan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 146939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-146939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leshan, Sichuan, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Emeishan Co.
Jinkouhe District
Mabian Co.
Muchuan Co.
Shawan District
Shizhong District

Latitude: 28°58'14"N
Longitude: 103°8'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.970555555556,103.14138888889

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Baryte	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diaspore ()*	Digenite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Groutite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Manganosite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrochroite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Baryte Braunite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43453	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	43445,43447,43448,43451	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	43448	173
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	43453,43456	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	43448	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43445,43448	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43457	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	43453,43456	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	43451,43453,43456	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	43453	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	43453	1756
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	43459	481
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	2	43453,43456	1027
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	43448,43451	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43447	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	43450	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43451	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43448,43451	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43448	7437
Groutite ()*	Diaspore	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	43448	72
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	43448	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	43448,43456	14640
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	1	43453	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	43453,43459	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	43448	234
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	43451	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43448	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	43448	770
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	1	43448	73
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	43453	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	43453	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	43445,43453	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	43445,43448,43451,43456	39462
Pyrochroite ()*	Brucite	Mn²⁺(OH)₂	1	43448	56
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	43448	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	43445,43447,43448,43453,43456	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	43448	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43451	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	43448	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	43456	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	43448,43451	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43453	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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