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Locality Name:
Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 558
Youngest recorded age at locality: 518

mindat Locality ID: 216535
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216535.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Chuanzhumiao Bauxite Deposit
Goujiang Bauxite Deposit
Houcao Bauxite Deposit
Tongluojing Mn Deposit
Tuanxi Mn Deposit
Xianrenyan Bauxite Deposit
Zunyi Mn Deposit
Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field

Latitude: 27°35'53"N
Longitude: 106°56'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.598055555556,106.94361111111

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Brannerite	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Copper	Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite
Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Ramsdellite
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Valleriite
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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H Hg K La Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Se Si Ti U V Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Brannerite Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Copper Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite
Marcasite Mica Millerite Monazite None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Ramsdellite
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Valleriite
Zircon

67 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Brannerite ()*	Brookite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cryptomelane ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Evansite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hausmannite ()*	Heazlewoodite ()*	Hematite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Jordisite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite-(La) ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nsutite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Parkerite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Polydymite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sasaite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siegenite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulvanite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*
Tiemannite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vaesite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vernadite ()*
Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	38976	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	38976	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	558	518	2	38978,38980	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			3	38970,38971,38972	2162
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	558	518	1	38978	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	558	518	3	38972,38978,38980	11547
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)			1	38972	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	558	518	1	38978	5516
Brannerite ()*	Brannerite	UTi₂O₆	558	518	1	38978	248
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂			1	38972	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	558	518	4	38972,38973,38976,38978	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	558	518	2	38972,38978	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			3	38970,38971,38972	577
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			1	38972	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	38972	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			1	38972	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	558	518	1	38978	4165
Cryptomelane ()*	Coronadite	K(Mn⁴⁺₇Mn³⁺)O₁₆			1	38976	599
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)			3	38970,38971,38972	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	38972	651
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	558	518	5	38970,38972,38976,38978,38979	9895
Evansite ()*	Amorphous	Al₃(PO₄)(OH)₆·8H₂O	558	518	1	38978	56
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	558	518	2	38972,38978	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃			1	38972	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	38972	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	558	518	1	38978	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	558	518	2	38972,38978	6890
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄			1	38976	350
Heazlewoodite ()*	None	Ni₃S₂	558	518	1	38978	205
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			2	38972,38976	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	38972	2228
Jordisite ()*	Amorphous	MoS₂	558	518	1	38979	102
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			4	38970,38971,38972,38976	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)			1	38972	581
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	38972	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	38972,38976	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	558	518	1	38978	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	558	518	2	38978,38979	1066
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	558	518	1	38978	945
Monazite-(La) ()*	Monazite	La(PO₄)	558	518	1	38978	38
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	38972	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	558	518	6	38970,38971,38972,38976,38978,38980	17380
Nsutite ()*	Ramsdellite	Mn²⁺_xMn⁴⁺_1-xO_2-2x(OH)_2x			1	38976	121
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	558	518	2	38978,38980	767
Parkerite ()*	None	Ni₃(Bi,Pb)₂S₂	558	518	2	38978,38979	55
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	558	518	1	38978	1512
Polydymite ()*	Spinel	Ni²⁺Ni³⁺₂S₄	558	518	2	38978,38979	131
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	558	518	5	38972,38976,38978,38979,38980	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			3	38972,38973,38976	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	558	518	4	38972,38976,38978,38980	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	38973,38974,38976	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)			1	38976	969
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	558	518	4	38970,38971,38972,38978	5614
Sasaite ()*	None	Al₆(PO₄)₅(OH)₃·36H₂O	558	518	1	38978	11
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	38972	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	558	518	1	38978	249
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	558	518	3	38972,38978,38980	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	38972	3418
Sulvanite ()*	None	Cu₃VS₄	558	518	1	38978	48
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	558	518	1	38978	1803
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	558	518	1	38978	83
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	38972	4899
Vaesite ()*	Pyrite	NiS₂	558	518	2	38978,38980	106
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	558	518	1	38978	237
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O			1	38973	65
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	558	518	1	38978	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	38972	5251

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Mo-00363	556	526	541±15	Re-Os	molybdenite	HJW-1-1	Molybdenite	Jordisite, Molybdenite	Mo	156803	Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Huangjiawan Mine, Guizhou	Mao et al. (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051	EG97_1051
Mo-00364	555	527	541±14	Re-Os	molybdenite	HJW-1-3	Molybdenite	Jordisite, Molybdenite	Mo	156803	Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Huangjiawan Mine, Guizhou	Mao et al. (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051	EG97_1051
Mo-00365	556	526	541±15	Re-Os	molybdenite	HJW-2-3	Molybdenite	Jordisite, Molybdenite	Mo	156803	Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Huangjiawan Mine, Guizhou	Mao et al. (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051	EG97_1051
Mo-00366	550	518	534±16	Re-Os	molybdenite	ZHL-7	Molybdenite	Jordisite, Molybdenite	Mo	156803	Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Huangjiawan Mine, Guizhou	Mao et al. (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051	EG97_1051
Mo-00367	554	524	539±15	Re-Os	molybdenite	ZHL-7-1	Molybdenite	Jordisite, Molybdenite	Mo	156803	Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Huangjiawan Mine, Guizhou	Mao et al. (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051	EG97_1051
Mo-00368	558	524	541±17	Re-Os	molybdenite	ZHL-7-2	Molybdenite	Jordisite, Molybdenite	Mo	156803	Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Huangjiawan Mine, Guizhou	Mao et al. (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051	EG97_1051
Mo-00369	557	525	541±16	Re-Os	molybdenite	ZHL-7-3	Molybdenite	Jordisite, Molybdenite	Mo	156803	Huangjiawan Mine, Zunyi Ni-Mo-PGE-Au Ore Field, Zunyi Co., Zunyi, Guizhou, China	Huangjiawan Mine, Guizhou	Mao et al. (2002)	10.2113/gsecongeo.97.5.1051	EG97_1051

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