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Locality Name:
Fengshan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 157822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fengshan County, Hechi, Guangxi, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Caijiaping Au Deposit
Jinya Au-polymetallic Deposit (Jinyia Au-polymetallic Deposit; Jingyia Au-polymetallic Deposit)
Nalin Mine
Paoli Au Deposit
Yueli Prospect

Latitude: 24°28'53"N
Longitude: 106°55'47"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.481388888889,106.92972222222

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 O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Ankerite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
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)21384153092
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs138415379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS238415,384179052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)238415,3841711547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)238415,3841727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213841527198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1384152600
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1384154165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2238415,384179895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS338415,38416,3841724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu238415,3841630554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313841514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31384155433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41384155591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21384155674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1384151508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2238415,3841717380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3238415,38416511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2338415,38416,3841739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8238415,384179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338415,38416,3841761156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS238415,38416712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21384155614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)238415,384176417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS238415,3841621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3238415,384173418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131384155317



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