Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Xichuan Co., Nanyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 216636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xichuan Co., Nanyang, Henan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jingziguan Au Deposit
Maotang Au Deposit
Siwang Au Deposit

Latitude: 33°12'20"N
Longitude: 111°12'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.205555555556,111.20555555556

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	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Iron	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Alunite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromium ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tin ()*	Zinc ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Iron Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	39699	966
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	39699	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39699	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	39699	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39699	27198
Chromium ()*	Iron	Cr	1	39699	26
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	39699	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	39699	4135
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39699	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	39698,39699,39700	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39699	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	39699	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39699	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39699	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39699	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39699	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	39699	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	39699	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39699	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	39699	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	39699	21482
Tin ()*	None	Sn	1	39699	63
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	1	39699	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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