Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yunxi Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 189146
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189146.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yunxi Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Baiyangou Au Deposit
Jinbao Au Deposit
Liudou Au Deposit
Santianmen Au-polymetallic Deposit
Shejiayuan Ag-Au Deposit
Sixiakou Au Deposit
Yujiayuan Ag-Au 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.

Acanthite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stibnite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cervantite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Valentinite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Se Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar
Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stibnite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	39988,39989	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39989	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39988	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	39988	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	39988,39990	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	39988	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	39988	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	39988,39989	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	39988	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	39988	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	39990,39991	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	39987,39989,39990	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	39988	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39989	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39988	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	39988,39989	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	39988,39989,39990	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	39989	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	39988,39989,39990,39991	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39989	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	39988,39989,39990	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39988	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	39989	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	39988,39989,39990,39991	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	39988,39990	3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39989	2562
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	39988	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39988	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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