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Locality Name:
Na Hang District, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam


mindat Locality ID: 211337
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211337.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Na Hang District, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cho Dien Mine
Lang Bai Mn Deposit

Latitude: 22°21'30"N
Longitude: 105°21'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.358333333333,105.35833333333
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 As Bi C Ca Cd Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteBrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteDiasporeMalachite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStannite
StibniteTetrahedriteWurtzite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Aurichalcite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bournonite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hydrozincite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wurtzite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S12948762793
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)12948762734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12948769052
Aurichalcite  (*)None(Zn,Cu)5(CO3)2(OH)61294876919
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S312948761935
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS312948761089
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)1294877483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)129487627770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)12948764979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2129487627198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212948769895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS129487624243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12948767437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1294876717
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12948761689
Hydrozincite  (*)NoneZn5(CO3)2(OH)612948761066
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4129487614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2129487612537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2129487639462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212948763106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812948769056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2129487661156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)12948762473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS129487621482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41294876668
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1312948761803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312948765317
Wurtzite  (*)WurtziteZnS1294876372


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