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Locality Name:
Qianshan Co., Anqing, Anhui, China


mindat Locality ID: 157188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qianshan Co., Anqing, Anhui, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Daba Meteorite Crater
Dongjia Hill (Dongjiashan)
Maowu Complex
Qianshan Mine
Shuanghe
Xindian

Latitude: 30°41'53"N
Longitude: 116°32'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.698055555556,116.54666666667

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: Al C Ca Ce Cr F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteBaddeleyiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiamondEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetHumiteMicaMonaziteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyroxeneQuartzRutile
SpinelTalcTitaniteWadsleyiteWurtziteZircon

36 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)
Barroisite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chromite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Coesite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fayalite  (*)
Forsterite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Moissanite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Omphacite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Silicon  (*)
Spessartine  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Wadsleyite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6136896286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1368968803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31368962353
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1368963250
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2136893238
Barroisite  (*)Amphibole   (NaCa)(Mg3Al2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)213689649
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13689627770
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O41368943902
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2136894236
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO2236892,3689677
Diamond  (*)DiamondC336893,36896,36897697
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6236894,368964135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21368969895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1368968173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)136894371
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1368941188
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31368965433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6136896154
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41368961507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413689414899
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC13689357
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)136894945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213689617380
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6236894,36896229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1368962349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21368962273
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3136894341
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213689661156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2336894,36895,368965614
Silicon  (*)DiamondSi13689321
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31368961214
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21368963337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1368964899
Wadsleyite  (*)WadsleyiteMg2SiO413689413
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)236894,368965251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1368961025



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