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

mindat Locality ID: 216656
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216656.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jianshi Co., Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture), Hubei, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Guandian Fe Deposit
Huangchangping Mine
Jianshi Meteorite
Shibage Fe Deposit
Taipingkou Fe Deposit
Wujiahe Fe Deposit

Latitude: 30°47'15"N
Longitude: 109°35'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.7875,109.59972222222

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	Clay	Corundum	Iron	Kaolinite	Marcasite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz
Spinel

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 Fe H Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Iron Kaolinite Marcasite None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz
Spinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Cohenite ()*	Hematite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	39865,39868,39869,39870	27770
Cohenite ()*	Perovskite	CFe₃	1	39867	77
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	39865,39868,39869,39870	14640
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	39867	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	39865,39868,39869,39870	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39867	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	39866	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	39866	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	39865,39868,39869,39870	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	4	39865,39868,39869,39870	6417
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	39867	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	39867	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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