Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baojing Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156956
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156956.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baojing Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dongping Mine
Kapeng Talc Deposit
Shuiyinchang Hg Deposit
Xike Mine
Zhushadong Hg Deposit

Latitude: 28°44'23"N
Longitude: 109°39'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.739722222222,109.66333333333

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	Clay	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Metacinnabar ()*
Miargyrite ()*	Polhemusite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc Tetrahedrite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40433	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	40431,40433,40435	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	40431,40433,40435	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	40434,40435	24243
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	40431	255
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	1	40431	300
Polhemusite ()*	Sphalerite	(Zn,Hg)S	1	40431	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	40431,40433,40435	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40431,40433	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	40433	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	40433,40434,40435	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40432	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	40431	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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