Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Datian Co., Sanming, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 186592
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186592.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Datian Co., Sanming, Fujian, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Fenghuangjia U Deposit
Jianai Mine
Junxi
Qianfeng Mine
Shipai Geothermal Field
Xianniutashi Mn Deposit

Latitude: 25°48'32"N
Longitude: 117°49'40"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.808888888889,117.82777777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hodrušite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lithiophorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Matildite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Todorokite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Coronadite Diaspore Fluorite Kaolinite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel

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)	1	37451	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37447	27198
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆	1	37447	599
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37452	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37447	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	37447,37449	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37447	30554
Hodrušite ()*	None	Cu₈Bi₁₂S₂₂	1	37447	28
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37451	5591
Lithiophorite ()*	None	(Al,Li)(Mn⁴⁺,Mn³⁺)O₂(OH)₂	1	37447	210
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37447	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	37447	770
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	37447	252
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	37451	1508
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37447,37449,37451,37452	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	37447	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37449,37450	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	37447	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	37451,37452	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37450	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	37447	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37447	21482
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	1	37447	433
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	37446	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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