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


mindat Locality ID: 157077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luoning Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Dujiagou Bauxite Deposit
Ganshuyao Mine (Ganshu Mine)
Hanshiyao Mo Deposit
Hugou Au Deposit
Jijiawa Mine
Jinjishan Au Deposit
Longmendian Ag Deposit
Maying Mine
Qinggangping Au Deposit (Xiqinggangping Au Deposit; West Qinggangping Au Deposit)
Shanggong Mine
Shapoling Polymetallic Deposit
Shizhaigou Au Deposit (Duanhe Au Deposit)
Tieluping Ore Field
Xiaochigou Au Deposit
Zhai'ao Mo Deposit (Zhaiwa Mo Deposit)

Latitude: 34°17'42"N
Longitude: 111°27'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.295,111.45722222222

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mo Na Ni 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: 
AcanthiteAluniteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopper
CorundumCovelliteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteJalpaiteKaoliniteMalachite
MarcasiteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasitePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteZircon

60 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Altaite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Ankerite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Coloradoite  (*)Copper  (*)Cosalite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Digenite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferrimolybdite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gibbsite  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hydrocerussite  (*)Jalpaite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Melonite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pearceite  (*)Petzite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rucklidgeite  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tellurium  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S539587,39591,39593,39594,395952793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)339587,39594,395978803
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe139587489
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)339587,39591,395952734
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2839586,39587,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,395953092
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1395941036
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS439583,39586,39587,395919052
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2339584,39587,395955509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13958711547
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3239587,395881935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4439586,39587,39591,395945516
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2239587,39589361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)639586,39587,39589,39591,39594,3959527770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)539580,39587,39591,39593,395954979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S339584,39587,395955707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21339580,39583,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,3959727198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1395941025
Coloradoite  (*)SphaleriteHgTe139587169
Copper  (*)CopperCu1395873846
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5139587344
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS239587,395894165
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)139578481
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1395951027
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2239591,395949895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)639583,39586,39587,39588,39589,395948173
Ferrimolybdite  (*)NoneFe3+2(Mo6+O4)3·7H2O139588345
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2239586,395879617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12139595663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1339580,39583,39584,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,3959624243
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3139578504
Gold  (*)CopperAu1339579,39580,39582,39583,39585,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39594,39595,3959630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3639586,39587,39588,39593,39594,3959514640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te139587804
Hydrocerussite  (*)NonePb3(CO3)2(OH)2139587201
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2139594116
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61395872228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4439578,39582,39586,395875591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4839580,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39594,3959514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2639580,39586,39587,39591,39593,3959512537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21395955674
Melonite  (*)MeloniteNiTe2139587207
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2539580,39587,39588,39594,395975800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21239578,39582,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,3959617380
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]139591249
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2139587409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]339591,39594,39595716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31395941425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21539578,39580,39582,39583,39584,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,3959639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8339583,39586,395879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO21839578,39579,39580,39582,39583,39584,39585,39586,39587,39588,39589,39591,39592,39593,39594,39595,39596,3959761156
Rucklidgeite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te413958764
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21395785614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1395874894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)539578,39586,39587,39589,395946417
Silver  (*)CopperAg539586,39587,39591,39594,395955186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1039580,39583,39586,39587,39589,39591,39593,39594,39595,3959621482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4139591586
Tellurium  (*)NoneTe139587190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13639587,39589,39591,39592,39594,395955317
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1395785251



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