Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 187886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuyishan Co., Nanping, Fujian, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Longjing Mine (Longjingshan Mine)
Pingdi-Shangxikeng Mo Deposit
Shankou Ag-polymetallic Deposit
Shiyuanlong Mine
U Deposit No. 6241
Yekeng Pb-Zn-(Ag) Deposit

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
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Topaz	Zircon

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
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:

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

26 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	37360,37366	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37360,37366	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37363,37366	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37360	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1	37360	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	37360,37366	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	37359,37363,37367	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37366	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	37362,37363	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37366	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37362	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37366	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	37361,37362	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	2	37362,37363	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	37366	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	37361,37362,37363,37366	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37361,37362,37363,37366	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37361,37363	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	37361,37362,37363,37366	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	37359,37363,37367	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	37360	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	37360	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37360	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	3	37360,37365,37366	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	2	37362,37363	1655
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37360	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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