Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shangzhou District, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 156486
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156486.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shangzhou District, Shangluo, Shaanxi, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Gaolinggou Mine
Jiangjuncha Au Deposit
Luocuishan Au Deposit
Luoping Au-Ag-Cu Deposit
Panhe Mo Deposit
Qingyangou Ni-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 34°2'58"N
Longitude: 109°53'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.049444444444,109.88611111111

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite	Turquoise

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite Turquoise

42 IMA Minerals at location:

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	42698	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	42697,42698,42699	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	42696	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	42694,42699	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	42694	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42694	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	42694,42696,42698,42699	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	42694,42698,42699	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	42698	285
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	42699	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	42696,42698,42699	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	42696,42698,42699	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42698	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	42698	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	2	42696,42698	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	42694,42698,42699	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	42696,42697	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	42699	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	42698	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	42697	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	42699	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	42698,42699	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	42698,42699	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	42698	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	42698	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	42698,42699	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	42697,42698,42699	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	42699	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	42698	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	42694,42696,42697,42698,42699	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42698	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	42694,42698,42699	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	42694,42696,42697,42698,42699	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	42694	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	42699	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	42698	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	42694,42698,42699	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	42694,42697	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42698	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	42699	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	42698,42699	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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