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Locality Name:
Ledong Co., Hainan, China


mindat Locality ID: 216570
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216570.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ledong Co., Hainan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Baogaocun Mo Deposit
Baolun Mine
Daogongcun Pb-Zn-Cu-U Occurrence
Houwanling Pb-Zn Deposit
Kanshuling Ag Deposit
Nanzhai Pb Deposit
Shenghong Pb Deposit
Shimenshan Mo-Pb-Zn Deposit
Shimenshuiku Mo Deposit

Latitude: 18°35'46"N
Longitude: 109°1'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 18.596111111111,109.03027777778

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 Al As Au Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumFeldsparKaoliniteKobelliteLillianiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
QuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteUllmannite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Aleksite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Baksanite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cannizzarite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hedleyite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Jonassonite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Maldonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pilsenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)Ullmannite  (*)
Ustarasite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1390112793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1390098803
Aleksite  (*)TetradymitePbBi2Te2S213900928
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1390112734
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1390099052
Baksanite  (*)TetradymiteBi6Te2S31390094
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1390091966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31390091935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13900927770
Cannizzarite  (*)NonePb8Bi10S2313900941
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1390114979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2239009,3901127198
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS239009,3901124243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S4139009192
Gold  (*)CopperAu13900930554
Hedleyite  (*)TetradymiteBi7Te3139009104
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313900914640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3239009,390115433
Jonassonite  (*)Not in a structural groupAu(Bi,Pb)5S413900919
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4239009,390115591
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS6139009128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413901114899
Maldonite  (*)NoneAu2Bi13900988
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2239009,3901117380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1390112349
Pilsenite  (*)TetradymiteBi4Te313900957
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2239009,3901139462
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1390111725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81390099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2239009,3901161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21390095614
Silver  (*)CopperAg1390095186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS239009,3901121482
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3139009276
Ullmannite  (*)UllmanniteNiSbS139009293
Ustarasite  (*)NonePb(Bi,Sb)6S101390099
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41390111655



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