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:
Guiyang, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 156769
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156769.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guiyang, Guizhou, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 14

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baiyun District
Huaxi District
Kaiyang Co.
Qingzhen Co.
Wudang District
Xiuwen Co.

Latitude: 26°47'19"N
Longitude: 106°37'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.788611111111,106.62833333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Djerfisherite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Iron	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Marcasite	Mica	Milarite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Orpiment	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scacchite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Titanite	Tridymite	Ullmannite	Wurtzite	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: Al As Ba C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg N Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diamond Diaspore Djerfisherite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Iron Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Marcasite Mica Milarite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Olivine Orpiment Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scacchite
Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Titanite Tridymite Ullmannite Wurtzite Zircon

58 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antimonselite ()*	Baryte ()*
Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caswellsilverite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinoenstatite ()*	Daubréelite ()*	Diamond ()*
Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Djerfisherite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Graphite ()*	Greigite ()*	Hematite ()*	Idaite ()*
Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Moissanite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Nierite ()*	Niningerite ()*	Oldhamite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Perovskite ()*
Perryite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Roedderite ()*	Rutile ()*
Schreibersite ()*	Smythite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tiemannite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tridymite ()*	Troilite ()*	Ullmannite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	38742	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	10	38731,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748,38749	2162
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	38742	1036
Antimonselite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂Se₃	1	38736	7
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	38736	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	9	38731,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	38742	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	38733,38736	27770
Caswellsilverite ()*	Scacchite	NaCrS₂	1	38742	5
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	38736,38742	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	38736	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	38736	281
Clinoenstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	38742	94
Daubréelite ()*	Spinel	FeCr₂S₄	1	38742	157
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	38742	697
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	10	38731,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748,38749	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	38742	4135
Djerfisherite ()*	Djerfisherite	K₆(Fe,Cu,Ni)₂₅S₂₆Cl	1	38742	60
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	38735	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	38742	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	38749	8173
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	1	38736	51
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38736	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	38742	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	38736	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	10	38731,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748,38749	504
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	38742	2812
Greigite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂S₄	1	38742	62
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	10	38731,38736,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748	14640
Idaite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃FeS₄	1	38742	142
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	38742	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	11	38731,38733,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748,38749	5591
Moissanite ()*	Wurtzite	SiC	1	38742	57
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	38733,38749	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	38736	633
Nierite ()*	None	Si₃N₄	1	38742	7
Niningerite ()*	Rocksalt	MgS	1	38742	28
Oldhamite ()*	Rocksalt	CaS	1	38742	58
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	38736	511
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	38742	495
Perryite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)₈(Si,P)₃	1	38742	25
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	11	38731,38733,38736,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	38733,38736	61156
Roedderite ()*	Milarite	KNaMg₂(Mg₃Si₁₂)O₃₀	1	38742	30
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	38733,38749	5614
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	38742	374
Smythite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_3+xS₄ (x ≈ 0-0.3)	1	38742	77
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	38736,38742	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	38742	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38736	3418
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	38736	83
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	38733,38749	4899
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	1	38742	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	38742	1044
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	38736	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	38736	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	38736	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	11	38731,38733,38738,38739,38740,38741,38744,38746,38747,38748,38749	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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