Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Pingdi-Shangxikeng Mo Deposit, Wuyishan Co., Nanping, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 187873
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187873.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pingdi-Shangxikeng Mo Deposit, Wuyishan Co., Nanping, Fujian, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dongkeng Mine
Pingdi Mine
Shangxikeng Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Columbite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Wulfenite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Ta Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca F Fe H Mg Na Nb O Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Topaz Zircon

22 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)	0		8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37363	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	0		414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37363	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	37362,37363	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37362	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	37361,37362	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	2	37362,37363	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37361,37362,37363	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	37361,37362,37363	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37361,37363	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	37361,37362,37363	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37363	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	0		1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	0		1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	37362,37363	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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