Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 157297
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157297.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dongping Mine, Baojing Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 28°36'8"N
Longitude: 109°36'52"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.602222222222,109.61444444444

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.

None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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 C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag C Ca Cu Fe Hg Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Polhemusite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	255
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Polhemusite ()*	Sphalerite	(Zn,Hg)S	4
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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