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:
Jinhua, Zhejiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 156605
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156605.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jinhua, Zhejiang, China": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Dongyang Co.
Jindong District
Pujiang Co.
Wuyi Co.
Yiwu Co.
Yongkang Co.

Latitude: 29°7'58"N
Longitude: 119°58'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.132777777778,119.97111111111

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Iron	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Iron Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	45386	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	45386,45395	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	45386	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	45376	3902
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	45383	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	14	45375,45380,45387,45388,45389,45390,45391,45393,45394,45395,45396,45397,45399,45400	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	45386	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	45378,45381	30554
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	45376	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	45390,45395	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	45378,45390,45395	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	45386	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	45378,45381,45385,45390,45395	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	45390,45395	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	45378,45386,45390,45395,45396	61156
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	45376	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	45376	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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