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Locality Name:
Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi, Hunan, China


mindat Locality ID: 192134
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192134.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi, Hunan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Heqing Pb-Zn Deposit
Hongshuiping Pyrite Mine
Sanjian Mine
Xikuangshan Sb Deposit

Latitude: 27°42'30"N
Longitude: 111°27'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.708333333333,111.45833333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousArsenoliteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayFluoriteGeocroniteGypsumKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOrpimentPyritePyrochlorePyrophylliteQuartzRocksalt
SphaleriteSpinelStibniteSulphur

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Alunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cervantite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Creedite  (*)Dickite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gearksutite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Jordanite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kermesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Senarmontite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibiconite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sulphur  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6140381966
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)340378,40379,4038111547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11140378843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)340378,40379,4038127770
Cervantite  (*)NoneSb3+Sb5+O4140381352
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214037827198
Creedite  (*)NoneCa3Al2(SO4)(OH)2F8·2H2O14038148
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4140381651
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2240378,403799895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21403819617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS240378,4037924243
Gearksutite  (*)NoneCaAlF4(OH)·H2O14038168
Graphite  (*)NoneC1403802812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1403816890
Jordanite  (*)GeocronitePb14As6S23140378105
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41403815591
Kermesite  (*)NoneSb2OS2140381230
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414038114899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21403785674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214038117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1403812994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3140381511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2340378,40379,4038139462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2140381771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81403819056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214038161156
Senarmontite  (*)ArsenoliteSb2O3140381179
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1403786417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS340378,40379,4038121482
Stibiconite  (*)PyrochloreSb3+Sb5+2O6(OH)140381446
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31403813418
Sulphur  (*)SulphurS1403812045
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3140381369



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