Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dehua Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 216366
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216366.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dehua Co., Quanzhou, Fujian, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Ancun - Leitan Gold Field
Chunhu Au Deposit
Dongyang Deposit
Qiucun Au Deposit
Xiaban Mine
Xiyangban Mine
Yangshan Fe Deposit

Latitude: 25°39'59"N
Longitude: 118°12'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.666388888889,118.21222222222

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Allargentum	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Ilvaite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Polybasite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bustamite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilvaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Au C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Ilvaite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Polybasite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Vesuvianite Wollastonite Zircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37434	8803
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	1	37430	69
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	37430	9052
Bustamite ()*	Wollastonite	Mn₂Ca₂MnCa(Si₃O₉)₂	1	37434	101
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37430	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37430	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1	37430	1382
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37434	4135
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	37430	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37434	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37434	271
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37430,37434	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37434	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	7	37427,37428,37429,37430,37431,37432,37433	30554
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	37434	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37434	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	1	37434	197
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37427	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37434	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37430	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37434	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37427,37429,37430	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37434	2349
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	37430	716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	37427,37428,37429,37430,37431,37434	39462
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	37434	147
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	37427,37428,37429,37430,37434	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37434	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37430,37434	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	37430	586
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	37434	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	37434	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37430	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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