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Locality Name:
Hengdong Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China


mindat Locality ID: 195082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hengdong Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Donggangshan Ag-polymetallic Deposit
Shixia Au-Hg-As Deposit
Uranium Mine No. 712
Wangjiachong Mine (Dabao Mine; Dapujie Mine)
Yinkuangchong Mine

Latitude: 27°11'0"N
Longitude: 112°59'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.183333333333,112.98333333333
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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperDiasporeFluoriteKaolinite
MarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOrpimentPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheelite
SphaleriteStibniteTetrahedriteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Coffinite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orpiment  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Realgar  (*)Scheelite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1403062793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1403069052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14030711547
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11140306843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)240306,4030727770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21403065171
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1403065707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2440306,40307,40309,4031027198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS240306,403072600
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O140309566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21403079895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2240306,403109617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS440306,40307,40309,4031024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1403077437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14030730554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41403075591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2240306,403075674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2240306,4030717380
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3140307511
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2340306,40307,4030939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81403069056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2340306,40307,4031061156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS140307712
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1403104894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS440306,40307,40309,4031021482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31403073418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131403065317
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21403092718


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