Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kaiyang Co., Guiyang, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 216543
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216543.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaiyang Co., Guiyang, Guizhou, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Kaiyang Mine
U Deposit No. 504

Latitude: 26°58'0"N
Longitude: 106°52'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.966666666667,106.87472222222

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Corundum	Fluorite	Marcasite	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Ullmannite

Antimonselite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Clausthalite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ferroselite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tiemannite ()*	Ullmannite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Violarite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe Hg Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Se Si U Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Corundum Fluorite Marcasite Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Ullmannite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antimonselite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂Se₃	1	38736	7
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	38736	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	38736	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	38736	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	38736	2600
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	1	38736	281
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	38735	9895
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂	1	38736	51
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38736	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	38736	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	38736	14640
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	1	38736	633
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	38736	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	38736	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	38736	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	38736	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38736	3418
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	38736	83
Ullmannite ()*	Ullmannite	NiSbS	1	38736	293
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	38736	2718
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	38736	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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