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Locality Name:
Miaoqian Mine, Liancheng Mn Deposit, Liancheng Co., Longyan, Fujian, China


mindat Locality ID: 157568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Miaoqian Mine, Liancheng Mn Deposit, Liancheng Co., Longyan, Fujian, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 25°19'21"N
Longitude: 116°41'34"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.3225,116.69277777778
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: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeEpidoteGarnetMicaNone
PyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
TalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Manganite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nsutite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Vernadite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS0312
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O160599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O40350
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)20210
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)0770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x0121
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS301425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)0969
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)203337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O065
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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