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Locality Name:
Xianning, Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 186947
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-186947.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xianning, Hubei, China": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chongyang Co.
Jiayu Co.
Tongcheng Co.
Tongshan Co.

Latitude: 29°37'24"N
Longitude: 114°3'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.623333333333,114.05833333333
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Li Mg O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumDiasporeKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOrpimentPyritePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStibnite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Dolomite  (*)Doyleite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jarosite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Petalite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spodumene  (*)Stibiconite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Valentinite  (*)
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 groupTiO21400382162
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1400389052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)340038,40044,4004611547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)340038,40044,4004627770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4140046352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214004427198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1400382600
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2240038,400469895
Doyleite  (*)NoneAl(OH)314003815
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14004424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1400387437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14003830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314004414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31400385433
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61400382228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41400385591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21400385674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2240038,4004417380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3140038511
Petalite  (*)Not in a structural groupLiAlSi4O10140042124
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2340038,40044,4004639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2340038,40044,4004661156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS140038712
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21400385614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS240044,4004621482
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6140042688
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)140046446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3240035,400463418
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3140046369


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