Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sandu Co., Qiannan, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 216557
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216557.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sandu Co., Qiannan, Guizhou, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baqiao Au Deposit
Huoshaozhai Sb-Au Deposit
Jiaoli Mine
Miaolong Mine

Latitude: 26°0'20"N
Longitude: 107°50'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.005555555556,107.84138888889

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	None
Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Marcasite Mica None
Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	38840	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	38840	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	38840	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	38840	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	38840	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	38839,38840	2600
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38840	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	38840	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	38840	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	38840	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	38840	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	38840	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	38840	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	38840	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	38840	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	38840	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	38840	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	38838,38840	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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