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:
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

mindat Locality ID: 156620
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156620.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guangzhou, Guangdong, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Conghua Co.
Zengcheng Co.

Latitude: 23°32'44"N
Longitude: 113°43'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.545555555556,113.72055555556

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	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Annite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Silver ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Epidote Fluorite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tridymite Zircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	37862	286
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	37862	356
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37860	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	37864,37865	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37861	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37860	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	37859,37860	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37861	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37860	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	37865	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37861	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37861	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37861	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	37862	884
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	37861	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37861	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	37861	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	37858	353
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	37860	5186
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	37862	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37861	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	37860	3418
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	37864,37865	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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