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Locality Name:
Fengxi District, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 216401
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216401.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fengxi District, Chaozhou, Guangdong, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Houpo'ao Mine

Latitude: 23°37'59"N
Longitude: 116°32'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.633055555556,116.54166666667
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: Ag As Au C Ca Cu Fe O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCopperNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStanniteTetrahedrite

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Jamesonite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1378402793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1378409052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13784027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21378405171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213784027198
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12137840663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13784024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu13784030554
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S14137840784
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31378401425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213784039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81378409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213784061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg1378405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13784021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4137840668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4137840586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131378405317


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