Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zhen'an District, Dandong, Liaoning, China

mindat Locality ID: 189099
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189099.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhen'an District, Dandong, Liaoning, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wulong Orefield

Latitude: 40°12'30"N
Longitude: 124°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.208333333333,124.25

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Kobellite	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite Kobellite Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	42035,42036	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	42036	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	2	42035,42036	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42036	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	42034,42035,42036	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	42034	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	42034,42035,42036	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	42034,42035	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	42036	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	42034,42035,42036	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	42036	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	42034,42035,42036	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	42035	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42036	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	42034	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	42035,42036	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	42034,42035,42036	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	42035,42036	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42035,42036	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	42035,42036	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	42035	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	42036	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	42034,42035,42036	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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