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Locality Name:
Guangyuan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156599
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156599.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guangyuan, Sichuan, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chaotian District
Jiange Co.
Lizhou District
Qingchuan Co.

Latitude: 32°30'28"N
Longitude: 105°28'2"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.507777777778,105.46722222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Mn O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote
Fluorite Garnet Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	43432	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43440	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43432	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	43432	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43438,43440	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43432	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43432	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43432	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	43432	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	43436	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43432	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43432	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43432,43440	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	43438,43440,43441	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43440	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	43440	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43440	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	43432	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	43432,43438,43440	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	43432,43433	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	43432	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43432,43438,43440	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	43432	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43440	5614
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	43432	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43432	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43432	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	43438,43440	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43432	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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