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Locality Name:
Danfeng Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 187420
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187420.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Danfeng Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cai'ao Sb Deposit
Caiwa Mine
Chenjiazhuang U Deposit (Danfeng U Deposit)
Danfeng Cu-Mo-Fe Property
Shuanghemo P-U Deposit

Latitude: 33°52'0"N
Longitude: 110°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.866666666667,110.33305555556
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si U Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteKaoliniteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteZircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21426683419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1426668803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1426659052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)242665,4266711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41426655516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14266527770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1426675707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2242665,4266827198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O142666566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21426699895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1426688173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21426669617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14266524243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314266814640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41426675591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414266814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214266812537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21426685800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214266817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2242665,4266839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81426659056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2242664,4266561156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS142665712
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14266521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3342664,42665,426673418
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21426662718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1426665251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060709Caiwa Mine, Danfeng Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R060709

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