Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 216376
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216376.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liangdang Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Guangjinba Au Deposit
Jinchanggou Au Deposit
Shilinggou Au Deposit
Sihe Au Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K O P Pb S Si Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	37744,37745	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37744	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37744,37745	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37744,37745	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	37744,37745	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37744	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	37744,37745	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37744	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	37744,37745	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	37744,37745	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37744,37745	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37744,37745	21482
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	37744	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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