Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shan Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 185930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shan Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bankuan Au Deposit
Majiawa Au-Mo Deposit
Shanxian Bauxite Field
Shenjiayao Au-Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 34°32'29"N
Longitude: 111°14'10"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.541388888889,111.23611111111

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Goyazite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Feldspar
Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39779	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	39782	2162
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	39783	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	39783	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	39783	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39783	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	39783	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39783	27198
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	39782	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	39779,39783	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39783	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	39779,39780,39783	30554
Goyazite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	39782	173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	39782,39783	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	39782,39783	5591
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	39780	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	39779,39782,39783	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	39779,39783	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39782	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	39779,39780,39783	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39782	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	39783	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	39783	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39782	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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