Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 216637
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216637.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhenping Co., Nanyang, Henan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Qiushuwan Ore Field
Qizitang Au Deposit

Latitude: 33°12'30"N
Longitude: 112°14'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.208333333333,112.23333333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sepiolite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sepiolite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39713	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	39715	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	39713,39715	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39713	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39713	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	39713	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	39713	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	39713,39715	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39713	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	39713,39714,39715	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39713	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	39713,39715	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39713	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	39713,39715	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	39713	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	39713,39715	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	39715	3418
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	39713	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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