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Locality Name:
Shanwei, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 192096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shanwei, Guangdong, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Haifeng Co.
Lufeng Co.

Latitude: 23°1'14"N
Longitude: 115°20'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.020555555556,115.33805555556
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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAndalusiteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperEnargiteFeldsparGarnet
LillianiteMeneghiniteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite
SpinelStauroliteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTopazWurtzite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Emplectite  (*)Enargite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Hedleyite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Ourayite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderophyllite  (*)
Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Staurolite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)Tsumoite  (*)Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1380322793
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS3138032315
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1380338803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31380332353
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51380331310
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13803327770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2438028,38029,38030,380335171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2238032,3803327198
Emplectite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuBiS2138032246
Enargite  (*)Enargite WurtziteCu3AsS4138032910
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS438028,38029,38032,3803324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13803230554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3138032104
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413803314899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2238032,3803317380
Ourayite  (*)LillianiteAg3Pb4Bi5S1313803224
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2338029,38032,3803339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81380299056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338028,38032,3803361156
Siderophyllite  (*)MicaKFe2+2Al(Si2Al2)O10(OH)213803392
Silver  (*)CopperAg1380325186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS438028,38029,38032,3803321482
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)138033978
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3138032276
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131380321803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131380325317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21380331476
Tsumoite  (*)TetradymiteBiTe138032100
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3138032297


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