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Locality Name:
Yingtan, Jiangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 157592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yingtan, Jiangxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Guixi Co.

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti U Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAmorphousArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBranneriteCalciteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovelliteCubaniteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaolinite
MalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePolybasitePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetrahedriteTitaniteTopazWurtziteZircon

51 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Brannerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canfieldite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jordisite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pearceite  (*)Prosopite  (*)Proustite  (*)
Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Siderite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Topaz  (*)
Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S241686,416872793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1416858803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21416863092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS241686,416879052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14168711547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1416851966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31416851935
Brannerite  (*)BranneriteUTi2O6241689,41691248
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14168627770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS614168691
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S241685,416875707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2241686,4168727198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl1416851382
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O241689,41691566
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1416874165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3141685802
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4241689,41691651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21416869895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1416868173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2441685,41687,41689,416919617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS241686,4168724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1416877437
Gold  (*)CopperAu241686,4168730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1416862812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3341686,41687,4168914640
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2241689,41691102
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41416875591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4241686,4168714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214168712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21416855800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2441686,41687,41689,4169117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1416872349
Pearceite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(As,Sb)2S7]141686249
Prosopite  (*)NoneCaAl2F4(OH)4241689,4169139
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3141686733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS3241686,416871425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2241686,4168739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21416863106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2241685,41687771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8241686,416879056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2341685,41686,4168761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1416861711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21416865614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)141687598
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1416866417
Silver  (*)CopperAg241686,416875186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS241686,4168721482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131416865317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1416864899
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F2241689,416911476
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2241689,416912718



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