Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dangtu Co., Ma'anshan, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 187468
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187468.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dangtu Co., Ma'anshan, Anhui, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dadongshan Fe Deposit
Heshangqiao Fe Deposit
Xiaodingshan Fe Deposit
Zhonggu Fe Ore Field (Zhongshan-Gushan Fe Ore Field; Zhonggushan Fe Ore Field)

Latitude: 31°27'24"N
Longitude: 118°30'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.456666666667,118.51166666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	4	37058,37060,37063,37065	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	37063,37065	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	37063	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	37063	1310
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	37063	1036
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	37063	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37065	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37063,37065	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37065	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	37062,37063,37065	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	37063,37065	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37063	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37063,37065	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37065	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	37062,37063	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	37065	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	37062,37063,37065	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	37065	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	37063	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37063	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	37063	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	37058,37060,37062,37063,37064,37065	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37065	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37063	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	37063	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37063	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	37063,37065	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	37062,37063,37065	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37063,37065	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37063	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37065	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	37063	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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