Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lechang Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China

mindat Locality ID: 157914
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157914.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lechang Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Baimazhai Mn Deposit
Chaping Mine
Jiangyuan Mine
Lechang Mine
Lejiawan Mine (Lejiawen Mine)
Liangjiang Mine
Makeng Zn Deposit
Sanxi Mn Deposit
Xigangzhai Mine
Yangliutang Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Yunyan W-Sn Deposit
Zhangguling Mine

Latitude: 25°17'53"N
Longitude: 113°20'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.298055555556,113.34333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Aragonite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite

Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Dickite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hemimorphite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Varlamoffite ()*	Vismirnovite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	38036,38039,38040,38043,38046	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	38046	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	38039	4979
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	38040	651
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	38037,38038,38041,38047	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	38039,38044,38045	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	38039	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	1	38042	1689
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	38039,38046	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	38039	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	38039	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	38039	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	38039,38045,38046	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	38036,38039,38040,38043,38044,38045,38046	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	38039	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	38039,38040,38046	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	38036,38043	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	38046	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	38036,38043	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	38042	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	38039,38040,38044,38045,38046	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38040	3418
Varlamoffite ()*	Rutile	(Sn,Fe)(O,OH)₂	1	38046	56
Vismirnovite ()*	Perovskite	ZnSn(OH)₆	1	38046	4

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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