Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Huangshan, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 156614
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156614.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Huangshan, Anhui, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Qimen Co.
She Co.
Xiuning Co.
Yi Co.

Latitude: 30°3'17"N
Longitude: 118°1'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.054722222222,118.02666666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Lillianite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lillianite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Lillianite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

31 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	37034	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37025	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	37032	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	37032,37034	9052
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	37025	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37030	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37025,37034	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	37025,37027,37030,37032,37034	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37034	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37025,37034	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	37025,37027,37032,37034	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37032	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	37025	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37032	5591
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	1	37034	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37025	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	37025,37030	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37025,37032,37034	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	37034	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	37025,37027,37030,37032,37034	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37025,37034	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	37025,37030,37032,37034	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	37025,37032	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37025	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37032	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	37034	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	37025,37027,37032,37034	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	37034	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37032	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37034	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37025	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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