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Locality Name:
Ruyang Co., Luoyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 216632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruyang Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 12
Child Localities:
Dasheping Cu Deposit
Donggou Mo Deposit
Laodaizhanggou Pb-Zn Deposit
Louchanggou Pb-Zn Deposit
Lüzhuping Pb-Zn Deposit
Quanshuigou Pb-Zn Occurrence
Sanyuangou Pb-Zn Deposit
Shapangou Pb-Zn Occurrence
Wangpingxigou Pb-Zn Deposit
Xizaogou Pb-Zn Deposit
Yangyegou Pb-Zn Deposit
Zhuyuanbeigou Mo Deposit

Latitude: 33°57'10"N
Longitude: 112°23'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.952777777778,112.39166666667

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zircon

Anhydrite ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	39600	1588
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	39600	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	39600,39607	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	39599,39600,39601,39607,39608	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	39599,39600,39601,39607,39608	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	39600,39601,39607,39608	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	39599,39600	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	39600	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	11	39599,39600,39601,39602,39603,39604,39605,39606,39607,39608,39609	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39600	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39600	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39600	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	39600,39607	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	39600,39610	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	39599,39600,39601,39607,39608	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	39599,39600,39601,39607,39608	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	39607	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39607	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	39599,39600,39601,39607,39608	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	39600	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	11	39599,39600,39601,39602,39603,39604,39605,39606,39607,39608,39609	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	39599	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	39600	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39600	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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