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:
Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 156611
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156611.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Cangnan Co.
Pingyang Co.
Taishun Co.
Wencheng Co.
Yongjia Co.
Yueqing Co.

Latitude: 27°56'59"N
Longitude: 120°21'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.949722222222,120.35416666667

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Domeykite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Azurite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Domeykite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Topaz ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Domeykite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Topaz

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	45525	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45525	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	45518	966
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	45516	295
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	45519	5509
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	45519	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	45519,45523	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	45521	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	45519	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	45519,45521,45525	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	45525	4165
Domeykite ()*	Domeykite	Cu₃As	1	45519	73
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	45519,45525	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	45516,45519,45521,45523	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	45519,45521,45525,45528	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	45519	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	45525	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	45521,45525	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	45521	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	45525	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	45519	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	45525	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45525	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	45521	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	45519,45525	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	45525	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	45519,45521,45523,45525,45526	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	45525	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	45516,45519,45521,45525	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	45519,45521,45525,45528	21482
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	45521	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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