Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Loudi, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156957
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156957.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loudi, Hunan, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lengshuijiang Co.
Lianyuan Co.
Xinhua Co.

Latitude: 27°51'44"N
Longitude: 111°25'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.862222222222,111.42888888889

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	Arsenolite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar	Fluorite
Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrochlore
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tungstite

Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Creedite ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gearksutite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jordanite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kermesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Senarmontite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibiconite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tungstite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenolite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Feldspar Fluorite
Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite Pyrochlore
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur Tungstite

38 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40384	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	40381	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	40384,40386	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	40378,40379,40381,40383	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	40378	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	40378,40379,40381,40383	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	40381	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40378	27198
Creedite ()*	None	Ca₃Al₂(SO₄)(OH)₂F₈·2H₂O	1	40381	48
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40381	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	40378,40379,40383	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40381	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	40378,40379,40383	24243
Gearksutite ()*	None	CaAlF₄(OH)·H₂O	1	40381	68
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	40386	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	40380	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	40381	6890
Jordanite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄As₆S₂₃	1	40378	105
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40381	5591
Kermesite ()*	None	Sb₂OS₂	1	40381	230
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40381	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	40378	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	40381,40384,40386	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	40381	2994
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	40381	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	40378,40379,40381,40383,40384,40386	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40381	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	40381	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40381,40384	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	40384,40386	4894
Senarmontite ()*	Arsenolite	Sb₂O₃	1	40381	179
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	40378	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	40378,40379,40381,40383	21482
Stibiconite ()*	Pyrochlore	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺₂O₆(OH)	1	40381	446
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	40381,40386	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	40381	2045
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	1	40386	118
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	40381	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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