Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Xuancheng, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 156545
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156545.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xuancheng, Anhui, China": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Guangde Co.
Jingde Co.
Jixi Co.
Ningguo Co.
Xuanzhou District

Latitude: 30°38'7"N
Longitude: 118°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.635277777778,118.93333333333

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	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Ludwigite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wollastonite

Alabandite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcophanite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Torbernite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O P Pb S Si U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Ludwigite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Wollastonite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	37150	312
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	37149	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	37149	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	37145,37147	1272
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37149	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	37138,37149,37151	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37149	5707
Chalcophanite ()*	None	ZnMn⁴⁺₃O₇·3H₂O	1	37150	197
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	37144,37149,37150,37151	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37149	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	37138,37149	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	37135,37140	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37149	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37149	30554
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	37149	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	37149,37151	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	37150	770
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	37138,37139,37149	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37138,37149,37151	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37145	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	37149	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37144,37145,37149,37151	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	37150	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	37144,37149,37151	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	37138,37139,37149,37151	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	37150	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	37138,37144,37151	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37149	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37144,37149	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	37145	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	37147,37149	2562
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	1	37145	890
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	37136	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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