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Locality Name:
Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China


mindat Locality ID: 157374
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157374.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Jinniushan Au Deposit
Liulinhan Au Deposit
Maniangdong Mine
Shenjiaya Au Deposit
Woxi Mines (Wuxi Mines; Xiangxi Mines; Xianxi Mines)
Yuan River Placers (Yuanjiang Placers)

Latitude: 28°31'56"N
Longitude: 110°38'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.532222222222,110.63916666667

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O Os Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenicArsenoliteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayColumbite
CopperCovelliteCubaniteDiamondDiasporeFeldsparKaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMelanterite
MicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyrochlorePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltRutile
ScheeliteSphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTungstiteWurtziteZinkeniteZircon

55 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Antimony  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Aurostibite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cervantite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Cuprite  (*)
Diamond  (*)Dolomite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Melanterite  (*)Metacinnabar  (*)Muscovite  (*)Osmium  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Plagionite  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Tungstite  (*)Valentinite  (*)Yuanjiangite  (*)Zinkenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1403718803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21403713092
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb140371363
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)1403713250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS340368,40370,403719052
Aurostibite  (*)PyriteAuSb214037173
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21403715509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14037111547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41403715516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11140371843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31403711089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14037127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21403735171
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4140371352
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1403715707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214037127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS240371,403732600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1403714165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3140371802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O1403712970
Diamond  (*)DiamondC140373697
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21403719895
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)140371551
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS240368,4037124243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1403717437
Gold  (*)CopperAu640367,40368,40369,40370,40371,4037330554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1403712812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41403715591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)140371581
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214037112537
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O140371915
Metacinnabar  (*)SphaleriteHgS140371255
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2340367,40370,4037117380
Osmium  (*)NoneOs140373169
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS140371767
Plagionite  (*)NonePb5Sb8S17140371100
Platinum  (*)CopperPt140373485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2540367,40368,40370,40371,4037339462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2140371771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2540367,40368,40369,40370,4037161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS140373712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21403735614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1403714894
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3140371179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1403716417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14037121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4140371668
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)140371446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3240370,403713418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131403715317
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O140371118
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3140371369
Yuanjiangite  (*)NickelineAuSn1403733
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S42140371228
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1403735251



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