Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Zijin Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China

mindat Locality ID: 207460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zijin Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baishigang Mo-W Deposit
Baoshanzhang Fe-Cu Deposit
Sushikeng Pb-Zn Deposit
Tiegang Mine
Tiezhang Sn Deposit

Latitude: 23°38'29"N
Longitude: 115°10'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.641388888889,115.17194444444

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	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bromargyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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 Br C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Talc Tetrahedrite
Vivianite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37883	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37885	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	37885	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	37881,37883,37885	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37885	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	37885	843
Bromargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgBr	1	37885	227
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37883,37885	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	37885	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	37885	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37885	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	37881,37882,37883,37885	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	37885	1382
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	37885	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37883	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37883	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37883,37885	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37881	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37883,37885	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	37881,37882	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37885	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	37881,37883	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37881,37883,37885	17380
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	37885	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37885	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37881,37882,37883,37885	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	37885	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	37885	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	37881,37882,37883,37885	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	37881,37883,37885	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	37885	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37881	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	37885	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37885	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37883,37885	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	37885	668
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37883	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37885	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37883	2562
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	37885	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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