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Locality Name:
Mingxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China


mindat Locality ID: 187931
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-187931.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mingxi Co., Sanming, Fujian, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gaiyang
Longfengchang Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Yangfang Complex
Yuanfang Mine

Latitude: 25°56'0"N
Longitude: 117°48'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.933333333333,117.81638888889

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 Ca Ce Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Th Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApatiteBaddeleyiteChalcopyriteCorundumFluoriteGarnetNickelineNonePyritePyroxene
QuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Aegirine-augite  (*)Baddeleyite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Thorianite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6137462286
Baddeleyite  (*)BaddeleyiteZrO2137460238
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)137462115
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213746127198
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31374601797
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O60944
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21374639617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13746124243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413746214899
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213746139462
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3137460341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81374619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237462,3746361156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13746121482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41374601934
Thorianite  (*)FluoriteThO2137462236
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1374621006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1374624899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1374605251



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