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


mindat Locality ID: 186840
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186840.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lingyun Co., Baise, Guangxi, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Damingshan Au Deposit
Luolou Au Deposit
Mingshan Au-(Tl) Deposit
Xiajia Au Deposit
Xiajia Rock Crystal Deposit

Latitude: 24°23'29"N
Longitude: 106°51'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.391388888889,106.85833333333

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 C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural group
OrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculiteSphalerite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21382372162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1382369052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338236,38237,3823827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213823627198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1382372600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21382379895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13823624243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13823730554
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31382375433
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41382375591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1382371508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2238236,3823717380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3138236511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213823639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21382373106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338236,38237,3823861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21382375614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13823621482



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