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Locality Name:
Leye Co., Baise, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 157857
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157857.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Leye Co., Baise, Guangxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jinzhudong Au Deposit
Langquan Au Deposit
Linwang Au Deposit

Latitude: 24°52'29"N
Longitude: 106°21'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.874722222222,106.35833333333

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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAluniteBaryteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundum
CovelliteEpidoteFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Azurite  (*)Balkanite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismutite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Copper  (*)
Covellite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1382312793
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21382315509
Balkanite  (*)NoneAg5Cu9HgS81382319
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13823111547
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)138231716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13823127770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21382315171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213823127198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1382312600
Copper  (*)CopperCu1382313846
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1382314165
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4138231651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21382319895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1382318173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21382319617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13823124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13823130554
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1382316890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313823114640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61382312228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41382315591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41382311507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413823114899
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1382311508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213823117380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3138231511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213823139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21382313106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213823161156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS138231712
Silver  (*)CopperAg1382315186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13823121482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31382313418
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1382315251



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