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Locality Name:
Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng, Anhui, China


mindat Locality ID: 216338
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216338.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng, Anhui, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Magushan Mine (East Tongshan Mine)
Tashan Mn Deposit
Tongshan Mine

Latitude: 31°3'42"N
Longitude: 118°53'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.061666666667,118.88916666667
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 As Au B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperLudwigiteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel

27 IMA Minerals at location:
Alabandite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcophanite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Manganite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS137150312
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)1371491588
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1371499052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41371495516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)237149,3715127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1371495707
Chalcophanite  (*)NoneZnMn4+3O7·3H2O137150197
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2337149,37150,3715127198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61371494135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21371499895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13714924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13714930554
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)137149134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237149,3715114899
Manganite  (*)RutileMn3+O(OH)137150770
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21371495800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2237149,3715117380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21371492273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237149,3715139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21371503106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8237149,371519056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2237149,3715161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1371501711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1371514894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1371496417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13714921482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21371492562


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