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Locality Name:
Gaoyao Co., Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 191193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaoyao Co., Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dieping Ag Deposit
Hengshan Nb-Ta-Sn Deposit
Hetai Gold Field
Luzhou Ag Deposit
Wuhe REE Occurrence

Latitude: 23°26'39"N
Longitude: 112°19'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.444166666667,112.32194444444
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Sn Te Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O P 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperFeldsparGarnetMicaNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteStauroliteTetradymiteVivianite
WollastoniteZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)338200,38201,382038803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31382002353
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2238201,382033092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1382029052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)338201,38202,3820327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21381995171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2438201,38202,38203,3820427198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21382029895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS238201,3820224243
Gold  (*)CopperAu438201,38202,38203,3820430554
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61382022228
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2338201,38202,3820317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2438201,38202,38203,3820439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8338201,38202,382039056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338201,38202,3820361156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1382026417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51382001516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS238201,3820221482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)138200978
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3138200276
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31382021247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)138206939


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