Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Longnan REE Deposits, Longnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 14927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longnan REE Deposits, Longnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Guanxi Mine
Zudong Mine

Latitude: 24°45'0"N
Longitude: 114°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.75,114.91638888889

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.

Aeschynite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chevkinite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite
Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Spinel	Zircon

Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Albite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chernovite-(Y) ()*
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	Synchysite-(Y) ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Yttrocrasite-(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 As Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be C Ca Ce F Fe H Nb O S Si Th Ti U Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aeschynite Bastnäsite Calcite Chevkinite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite
Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y) ()*	Aeschynite	(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆	1	41409	141
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41409	8803
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	0		304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	41409	27770
Chernovite-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(AsO₄)	1	41409	46
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	0		89
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	0		196
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	41409	9617
Gadolinite-(Y) ()*	Gadolinite	Y₂Fe²⁺Be₂O₂(SiO₄)₂	0		163
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41409	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	41409	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Synchysite-(Ce) ()*	None	CaCe(CO₃)₂F	0		232
Synchysite-(Y) ()*	None	CaY(CO₃)₂F	1	41409	55
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	41409	939
Yttrocrasite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)₂(O,OH)₆	0		8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	41409	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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