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Locality Name:
Qimen Co., Huangshan, Anhui, China


mindat Locality ID: 216271
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216271.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qimen Co., Huangshan, Anhui, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dongyuan W-Mo Deposit
Qimen W Deposit
Sanbo Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit

Latitude: 29°57'22"N
Longitude: 117°43'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.956111111111,117.72027777778

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: Al Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteZircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1370258803
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31370251935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13702527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2237025,3702727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1370258173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS237025,3702724243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31370255433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413702514899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21370255800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213702517380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237025,3702739462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81370259056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213702561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21370255614
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1370254894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS237025,3702721482
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1370255251



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