Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Songtao Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 156816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Songtao Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Panshi Pb-Zn Deposit
Shuiyuan Pb-Zn Deposit
Silongshan V Deposit
Songtao Hg Deposit
Songtao Mn Ore Field
Xiunao Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 27°56'59"N
Longitude: 108°58'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.949722222222,108.96666666667

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	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Marcasite	Mica	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Jordisite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mo S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Marcasite Mica None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	5	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	38929	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38933	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38933	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	38925	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932,38933	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38933	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	38922,38923,38933	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	38926	6890
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	38933	784
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	0		102
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	5	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932	234
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	38933	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	38924	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932,38933	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	38928	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	6	38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	38933	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	38922,38923,38933	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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