Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture), Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 156564
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156564.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture), Hubei, China": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Badong Co.
Enshi Co.
Hefeng Co.
Jianshi Co.
Xianfeng Co.
Xuan'en Co.

Latitude: 30°28'7"N
Longitude: 109°34'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.468611111111,109.58277777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Iron	Kaolinite	Mandarinoite	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Orpiment	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Zircon

Achávalite ()*	Berzelianite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcomenite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Cohenite ()*	Copper ()*	Dolomite ()*	Drysdallite ()*	Eskebornite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Krut'aite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Mandarinoite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Selenium ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Iron Kaolinite Mandarinoite Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Orpiment Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Zircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Achávalite ()*	Nickeline	FeSe	1	39861	2
Berzelianite ()*	None	Cu_2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)	1	39861	66
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	13	39855,39856,39857,39858,39860,39865,39868,39869,39870,39872,39874,39875,39876	27770
Chalcomenite ()*	None	Cu(Se⁴⁺O₃)·2H₂O	1	39861	40
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	39863,39872	2600
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	39867	77
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	39861	3846
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	39861,39863,39872	9895
Drysdallite ()*	Molybdenite	MoSe₂	1	39861	2
Eskebornite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeSe₂	1	39861	26
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	39863,39872,39877	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	39863	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	13	39855,39856,39857,39858,39860,39861,39865,39868,39869,39870,39874,39875,39876	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	39867	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	12	39855,39856,39857,39858,39860,39865,39868,39869,39870,39874,39875,39876	5591
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆	1	39861	63
Krut'aite ()*	Pyrite	CuSe₂	1	39861	12
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39867	14899
Mandarinoite ()*	Mandarinoite	Fe³⁺₂(Se⁴⁺O₃)₃·6H₂O	1	39861	14
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	39866	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	39861	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39861	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	39861	192
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	39863	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	39861,39863,39866	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39861	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	14	39855,39856,39857,39858,39860,39861,39863,39865,39868,39869,39870,39874,39875,39876	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	39863,39872	712
Selenium ()*	Sulphur	Se	1	39861	143
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	12	39855,39856,39857,39858,39860,39865,39868,39869,39870,39874,39875,39876	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	39861	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	39863,39872,39877	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	39872	3418
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	39867	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	39867	1044
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	39861	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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