Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chengbu Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156955
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156955.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chengbu Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Miaoershan-Yuechengling Ore Field
Putou Pyrite Mine

Latitude: 26°27'30"N
Longitude: 110°25'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.458333333333,110.425

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Digenite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Scheelite	Talc

Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Digenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Digenite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Scheelite Talc

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	40395	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	40395	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40395	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	40395	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40395	27198
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	40395	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	40395	1027
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	40395	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40395	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	40395,40397	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	40395	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	40394	4894
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40396	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	40395	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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