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Locality Name:
Taojiang Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China


mindat Locality ID: 157302
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157302.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taojiang Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Banxi Mine
Dafuping Sb Deposit
Hexinqiao Sb-Au Deposit
Tanjiayuan U-V Deposit
Tianjingshan Mine
Wangjiacun Sb-As-Au Deposit
Xiangtaoyuan Mine
Xichong Mine
Yinshenping Mine

Latitude: 28°20'20"N
Longitude: 112°1'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.338888888889,112.02805555556

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 As Au Ba Be C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Sr U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteAutuniteBaryteBerylCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Beryl  (*)
Calcite  (*)Celestine  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kutnohorite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Torbernite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2240523,405243092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS440517,40519,40522,405249052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1405201272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)240523,4052511547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181405214286
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)240523,4052427770
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1405231252
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214052327198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1405242600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21405239895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS240523,4052424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu340519,40522,4052430554
Kutnohorite  (*)NoneCaMn2+(CO3)2140523234
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2340517,40523,4052417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2440517,40519,40523,4052439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81405239056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2740517,40518,40519,40521,40522,40523,4052461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1405231711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1405244894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS240523,4052421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3540517,40518,40519,40522,405243418
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1405201059



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