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Locality Name:
Ziyuan Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 210717
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-210717.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ziyuan Co., Guilin, Guangxi, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chetian Stellerite Occurrence
Hujiatian Mine
Miaoershan Uranium Ore Field (Ziyuan Uranium Ore Field)
Miaoershan-Yuechengling Ore Field

Latitude: 26°6'20"N
Longitude: 110°27'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.105555555556,110.46083333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCopperCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparFluoriteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteStilbiteTetrahedriteUllmanniteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Autunite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Coffinite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranospinite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)238399,384038803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21383983092
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1383991272
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13839711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41383985516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)238398,3839927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1383975707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2238398,3840327198
Coffinite  (*)ZirconU(SiO4)·nH2O138398566
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21383989895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1384038173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2438396,38398,38399,384029617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13839824243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1383997437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3238398,3839914640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)138400469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4438395,38396,38399,384025591
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21383985674
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1383981066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2238398,384035800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2338396,38402,3840317380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs138398633
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2338398,38399,3840339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81383989056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2638395,38396,38398,38399,38402,3840361156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)238398,384034894
Silver  (*)CopperAg1383985186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS238398,3840321482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O138395189
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S131383981803
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1383991059
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS138398293
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO2338398,38399,384002718
Uranospinite  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(AsO4)2·10H2O13839951



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