Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Luoshan Co., Xinyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 195081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luoshan Co., Xinyang, Henan, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baishipo Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit
Huangchengshan Ag Deposit
Jincheng Mine
Mushan Mo-(Cu) Deposit
Sujiahe
Xiaofan Mo-(Cu) Deposit

Latitude: 31°51'32"N
Longitude: 114°24'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.858888888889,114.40416666667

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Barroisite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*
Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Edenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Covellite Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Zircon

34 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	1	39790	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	39792,39795	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	39791	9052
Barroisite ()*	Amphibole	(NaCa)(Mg₃Al₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	49
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	39790	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	39791,39792	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	39791,39792,39796	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	39790	1382
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	39795	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	39790	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	39790	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	39790	1027
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	160
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	39790,39791,39792	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	39789,39790,39791,39792	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	39789,39790,39791,39792	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	39790,39791	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39791	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	39792,39795	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	46
Magnesio-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	238
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39792	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	39792,39796	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	39790,39791,39792,39795	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	2	39794,39795	229
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39792	2349
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39795	313
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	39790,39791,39792,39795	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	39790,39791,39792,39794,39795	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	39791,39792,39794,39795	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	39790	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	39789,39790,39791,39792	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	39792,39795	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	39794,39795	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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