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Locality Name:
Dangchang Co., Longnan, Gansu, China


mindat Locality ID: 216375
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216375.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dangchang Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Daijiazhuang Zn Deposit
Heduosi Au-(As-Sb) Deposit
Jingouli Au-polymetallic Deposit
Waiwei Au-polymetallic Deposit
Washigou Sb Deposit
Xigou Au Deposit

Latitude: 34°6'0"N
Longitude: 104°45'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.1,104.75833333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumGypsumMarcasiteMica
NonePhenakitePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Cerussite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Willemite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1376932734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1376939052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13769311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13769327770
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1376934979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2337693,37695,3769627198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS337693,37695,3769624243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O1376936890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3237693,3769814640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21376935674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213769317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213769339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213769361156
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1376932473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS337693,37695,3769621482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31376973418
Willemite  (*)PhenakiteZn2SiO4137693303



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