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Locality Name:
Song Co., Luoyang, Henan, China


mindat Locality ID: 156830
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156830.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Song Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 34

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Chenlou Mine
Daping Fe-Cu Deposit
Daxigou Mo Deposit
Dazhuanggou Mo Deposit
Dongwan Gold Field
Fangeda Au Deposit
Fantaigou Mo Deposit
Gaoduchuan Au Deposit
Huangshui'an Mo-(Pb) Deposit
Huanxiangwa Mine (Huangxiangwa Mine; Huaxiangwa Mine)
Liuba Mine
Lizigou Au Deposit
Niutougou Au Deposit
Qianfanling Mo Deposit
Qiyugou Ore Field
Shangzhuangping Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Songligou Au Deposit
Tudimiaogou Ag-Au-polymetallic Deposit
Tulingcun Mo Deposit
Xizaogou Pb-Zn Deposit
Yaogou Au Deposit
Yingou Cu-Zn Deposit
Yuchiling Mine
Zhaoling Au Deposit
Zhifang Mo Deposit

Latitude: 34°1'8"N
Longitude: 111°57'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.018888888889,111.95638888889

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ba Bi C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAllaniteAluniteAmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetKaoliniteKobelliteMalachiteMarcasiteMeloniteMeneghiniteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPhenakitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWurtziteZircon

72 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)
Anhydrite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)Covellite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Halite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Jordisite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Krennerite  (*)Larosite  (*)Leucite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Petzite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Willemite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Zincite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S239623,396372793
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2439617,39622,39623,396373419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3139637315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)839622,39623,39635,39637,39640,39644,39645,396478803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S213964028
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)139622706
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe239622,39623489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6139629966
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O1396291627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31396221534
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)539614,39626,39628,39641,396471588
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2239640,396433092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2439614,39626,39641,396475509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)1039614,39615,39621,39626,39629,39638,39641,39643,39644,3964711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3339615,39637,396401935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4739615,39622,39635,39637,39640,39644,396475516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2239622,39623361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1939614,39615,39617,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39633,39635,39637,39640,39641,39643,39644,39645,3964727770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)339615,39622,396404979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S639614,39626,39637,39640,39641,396475707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21939613,39614,39615,39621,39622,39623,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39643,39644,39645,3964727198
Copper  (*)CopperCu1396373846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS239638,396404165
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1396451027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6239622,396404135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2639615,39621,39635,39637,39640,396479895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1439614,39615,39622,39623,39626,39628,39629,39635,39637,39640,39641,39643,39645,396478173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21639612,39614,39615,39622,39623,39626,39628,39629,39630,39633,39636,39637,39641,39643,39645,396479617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2339614,39615,39617,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39642,39643,39644,39645,39646,3964724243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4139637192
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1396227437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1239617,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39627,39629,39635,39637,39639,3964630554
Graphite  (*)NoneC439614,39626,39641,396472812
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1396371398
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2139637209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31039615,39621,39622,39623,39624,39635,39637,39643,39646,3964714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te439622,39623,39637,39640804
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3439614,39626,39641,396475433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61396222228
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2139647102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4939621,39622,39623,39635,39637,39638,39640,39645,396465591
Krennerite  (*)NoneAu3AgTe8139622111
Larosite  (*)None(Cu,Ag)21PbBiS131396356
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)239615,39647233
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4839613,39622,39628,39635,39637,39638,39640,3964514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2939614,39615,39626,39635,39638,39640,39641,39643,3964712537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2239622,396425674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21339614,39615,39622,39626,39628,39633,39636,39637,39640,39641,39643,39645,396475800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3339615,39645,39647140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O239615,396471508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22039614,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39639,39640,39641,39643,39645,39646,3964717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)239635,396372349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2139623409
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22539614,39615,39617,39620,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39633,39635,39636,39637,39638,39639,39640,39641,39642,39643,39644,39645,39646,3964739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8839622,39623,39635,39637,39638,39640,39642,396449056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22239614,39615,39617,39621,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39633,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39643,39644,39645,39646,3964761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21396225614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)639614,39615,39622,39626,39641,396474894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1396226417
Silver  (*)CopperAg739621,39622,39623,39635,39637,39639,396405186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)239622,396402473
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31396171214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2039614,39615,39622,39623,39624,39626,39628,39629,39635,39636,39637,39638,39640,39641,39642,39643,39644,39645,39646,3964721482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3239635,39637276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S339635,39637,39640510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13439624,39635,39637,396385317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O539615,39622,39635,39645,396474899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21396232562
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4139622303
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3139637297
Zincite  (*)WurtziteZnO13962298
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)639614,39615,39626,39641,39645,396475251



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