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Locality Name:
Enshi Co., Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture), Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 216654
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216654.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Enshi Co., Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture), Hubei, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Tiechangba Fe Deposit
Yutangba Se Deposit

Latitude: 30°8'59"N
Longitude: 109°33'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.149722222222,109.56638888889

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O P S Se Si Y 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteKaoliniteMandarinoiteMicaMolybdenite
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzSulphurZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Achávalite  (*)Berzelianite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcomenite  (*)Copper  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Drysdallite  (*)Eskebornite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Klockmannite  (*)Krut'aite  (*)Mandarinoite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Selenium  (*)
Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Achávalite  (*)NickelineFeSe1398612
Berzelianite  (*)NoneCu2-xSe (x ≈ 0.12)13986166
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13986027770
Chalcomenite  (*)NoneCu(Se4+O3)·2H2O13986140
Copper  (*)CopperCu1398613846
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21398619895
Drysdallite  (*)MolybdeniteMoSe21398612
Eskebornite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeSe213986126
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3239860,3986114640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41398605591
Klockmannite  (*)CovelliteCu5.2Se613986163
Krut'aite  (*)PyriteCuSe213986112
Mandarinoite  (*)MandarinoiteFe3+2(Se4+O3)3·6H2O13986114
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21398615800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213986117380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se139861192
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213986139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81398619056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2239860,3986161156
Selenium  (*)SulphurSe139861143
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1398606417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1398615186
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)139861939



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