Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xinyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156562
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156562.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinyang, Henan, China": 27
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Guangshan Co.
Luoshan Co.
Shangcheng Co.
Shihe District
Xin Co.

Latitude: 31°51'10"N
Longitude: 114°39'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.852777777778,114.65444444444

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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*
Coesite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Edenite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-katophorite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Katophorite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Margarite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Paragonite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Talc Titanite Zircon

49 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	39790	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	7	39786,39792,39795,39800,39802,39809,39811	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	39791	9052
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	39795,39809	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	39790	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	39786	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	39786,39791,39792,39800,39811	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	39786,39791,39792,39796,39798,39811	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	39790	1382
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	39795	1025
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	39809	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	39790	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	39790,39798	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	39790	1027
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	39786,39790,39791,39792,39809,39810,39811	8173
Ferro-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39809	38
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9	39786,39789,39790,39791,39792,39800,39802,39803,39811	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	39786,39789,39790,39791,39792,39798	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39809	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	39790,39791,39798	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	39786,39791,39798	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	39786,39792,39795,39809	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	39786	784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	39798,39800,39802,39811	5591
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	46
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	39809	1507
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	39786,39792,39800	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	39798	12537
Margarite ()*	Mica Clay	CaAl₂Si₂Al₂O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39809	168
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	39786,39792,39796,39800,39804,39807,39811	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	39800	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	11	39786,39790,39791,39792,39795,39798,39799,39800,39802,39809,39811	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	3	39794,39795,39809	229
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	39786,39792	2349
Paragonite ()*	Mica Clay	NaAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39809	247
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	2	39795,39809	313
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	39798	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	39786,39790,39791,39792,39795,39798,39799,39800,39802,39811	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	39786,39811	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	39786,39790,39791,39792,39794,39795,39798,39799,39800,39802,39807,39809,39811	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	8	39786,39791,39792,39794,39795,39800,39809,39810	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	39790	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	39786,39789,39790,39791,39792	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	39809	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	39786,39809	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	39792,39795	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	39794,39795	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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