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Locality Name:
Liancheng Co., Longyan, Fujian, China


mindat Locality ID: 193260
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193260.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liancheng Co., Longyan, Fujian, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Liancheng Mn Deposit
Liancheng Pb-Zn Mine
Renchang Mn Deposit

Latitude: 25°23'27"N
Longitude: 116°42'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.390833333333,116.70527777778

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleBaryteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCoronaditeEpidote
GarnetKaoliniteMicaNickelineNonePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRamsdellite
RhodoniteRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTalcTitaniteVesuvianiteWollastonite

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Baryte  (*)Braunite  (*)Bustamite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coronadite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Opal  (*)Orientite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Siderite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Vernadite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS137277312
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)237276,3727711547
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)137276483
Bustamite  (*)WollastoniteMn2Ca2MnCa(Si3O9)2137276101
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)237276,3727727770
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O137276197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213727727198
Coronadite  (*)CoronaditePb(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16137276227
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16237276,37277599
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6237277,372784135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2237276,372779895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)237277,372788173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS237277,3727824243
Graphite  (*)NoneC1372762812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31372771544
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4137277350
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41372765591
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2237276,37277210
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237276,3727814899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)237276,37277770
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2237276,3727717380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x237276,37277121
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1372762994
Orientite  (*)NoneCa8Mn3+10(SiO4)3(Si3O10)3(OH)10·4H2O1372768
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31372771425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2337276,37277,3727839462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO2337276,37277,372793106
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2137277771
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO3137276147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81372789056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2337276,37277,3727861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)237276,372771711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)137277969
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1372766417
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3237276,372771214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS337276,37277,3727821482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41372771934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21372773337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1372774899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21372782562
Vernadite  (*)None(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)2·nH2O237276,3727765
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101372771395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO31372771247



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