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Locality Name:
Longnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 157445
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157445.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Longnan Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bankeng Mine
Ganggushan W Deposit
Kuimeishan Au Deposit
Longnan REE Deposits

Latitude: 24°49'20"N
Longitude: 114°45'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.822222222222,114.75388888889
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 Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteArsenopyriteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayColumbiteCopperCorundum
FeldsparFluoriteGadoliniteKaoliniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutile
ScheeliteSpinelZircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chernovite-(Y)  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Yttrocrasite-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aeschynite-(Y)  (*)Aeschynite(Y,Ln,Ca,Th)(Ti,Nb)2(O,OH)6141409141
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)241407,414098803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1414069052
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F141407304
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14140927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214140627198
Chernovite-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(AsO4)241407,4140946
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)214140789
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4141407196
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2341404,41407,414099617
Gadolinite-(Y)  (*)GadoliniteY2Fe2+Be2O2(SiO4)2141407163
Gold  (*)CopperAu14140630554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31414075433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4241406,414075591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414140714899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2341406,41407,4140917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2241406,4140739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81414069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2341406,41407,4140961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21414075614
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F141407232
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F241407,4140955
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)241407,41409939
Yttrocrasite-(Y)  (*)Columbite(Y,Th,Ca,U)(Ti,Fe)2(O,OH)61414078
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)241407,414095251


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