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Locality Name:
Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 204280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-204280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cili Co.
Sangzhi Co.
Yongding District

Latitude: 29°23'36"N
Longitude: 110°10'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.393333333333,110.17111111111

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.

Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Autunite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Kaolinite	Marcasite	Millerite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Valleriite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Autunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Evansite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*
Naumannite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulvanite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Tyuyamunite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Valleriite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg Mg Ni O P Pb S Se Si U V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Arsenopyrite Autunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Kaolinite Marcasite Millerite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Spinel Tetrahedrite Valleriite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	40607	9052
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	1	40615	1272
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	40607	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	40607	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	40607,40608,40609,40611,40612,40613,40614,40617	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40607	27198
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	40607	281
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	40607	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40607	9895
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	1	40607	56
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	40607	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	40608,40609,40611,40612,40613,40614,40615,40617	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	7	40608,40609,40611,40612,40613,40614,40617	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	40607	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	40607	1066
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	40607	192
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	1	40607	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	1	40607	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	40607	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	1	40607	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	40607	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	40607,40608,40609,40611,40612,40613,40614,40617	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	7	40608,40609,40611,40612,40613,40614,40617	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	40607	21482
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	1	40607	48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	40607	1803
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	40607	83
Tyuyamunite ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5-8H₂O	1	40615	628
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	1	40607	106
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	40607	237
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	40607	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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