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:
Guangshan Co., Xinyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 216642
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216642.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guangshan Co., Xinyang, Henan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Qian'echong Cu-Mo Deposit
Qianjinhepeng

Latitude: 31°45'33"N
Longitude: 114°40'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.759166666667,114.68277777778

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	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc

Albite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jamesonite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Talc

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39786	8803
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	39786	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39786	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39786	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	39786	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	39786	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39786	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39786	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39786	5433
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	39786	784
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39786	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	39786	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39786	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39786	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	39786	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39786	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	39786	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39786	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	39786	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39786	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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