Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 187342
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187342.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shixing Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baishun Uranium Ore Field
Diaodangpai Zeolite Occurrence
Jiangtou Mine
Nanshan W-Mo-polymetallic Deposit
Shigushan W-Bi Deposit
Shirenzhang-Meiziwo W-Sn Deposit
Yuchakeng Sn Deposit

Latitude: 24°57'29"N
Longitude: 114°18'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.958055555556,114.3

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Enargite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Serpentine	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Topaz	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Amesite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cosalite ()*	Enargite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Hessite ()*	Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Proustite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tintinaite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 As Be Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Beryl Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Enargite Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Serpentine Sphalerite Stibnite Topaz Wurtzite

30 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)	2	38088,38091	8803
Amesite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mg₂Al(AlSiO₅)(OH)₄	1	38082	74
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	38086	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	38091	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	3	38088,38091,38092	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	3	38088,38091,38092	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	4	38088,38091,38092,38093	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	38091	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	38091,38092	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	38082	1756
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	38092	344
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	38091	910
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	38081,38082,38087,38091,38092	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	38088	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	38092	192
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	38092	804
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂	1	38092	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	38088,38089,38091,38092	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	38088,38091,38092	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	38086	2994
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	38091	733
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	38081,38082,38088,38091,38092	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	38091,38092	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	38088	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	38081,38082,38086,38088,38089,38091,38092	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	3	38088,38091,38092	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	38088	21482
Tintinaite ()*	Kobellite	Pb₁₀Cu₂Sb₁₆S₃₅	1	38092	24
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	38091	1476
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	7	38080,38081,38082,38083,38084,38085,38092	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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