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Locality Name:
Fuding Co., Ningde, Fujian, China


mindat Locality ID: 216351
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216351.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fuding Co., Ningde, Fujian, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yindong Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 27°25'0"N
Longitude: 120°10'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.416666666667,120.16666666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21373883419
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1373889052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13738827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213738827198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61373884135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21373889895
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13738824243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413738814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21373885800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213738817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213738839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81373889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213738861156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13738821482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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