Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zhenghe Co., Nanping, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 187835
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187835.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhenghe Co., Nanping, Fujian, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Dayaokeng Au Deposit
Hutun Pb-Zn Deposit
Jinping Au-Ag Deposit
Maluntou Au Deposit
Shimen Au Deposit
Tieshan Mine
Wangmushan Au Deposit
Xiangluping Ag-(Au) Deposit
Xiashan Pb-Zn Deposit
Xingxi Mine

Latitude: 27°26'44"N
Longitude: 118°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.445555555556,118.98333333333

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Garnet Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Wollastonite

25 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	1	37382	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37382	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37382	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37376,37382	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37376	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37376,37382	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	37376	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37382	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37382	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	37375,37376,37382	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37379	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	37376,37377,37380,37381,37383	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37382	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	37382	741
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	37379,37382	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37382	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37382	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	37376,37379,37382	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37382	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37376,37382	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	37382	969
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	37376	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	37375,37376,37379,37382	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37382	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	37382	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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