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Locality Name:
Sui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 216668
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216668.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sui Co., Suizhou, Hubei, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Changling
Heilongtan Au Deposit
Longfengdian Ag-Au Deposit
Yejiaxiaowan Au Deposit

Latitude: 32°6'0"N
Longitude: 113°17'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.1,113.29972222222
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 Au C Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAragoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCovelliteDiasporeFeldspar
KaoliniteMicaNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)
Smithsonite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stromeyerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1400108803
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)240012,400134979
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214001327198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1400134165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS240012,4001324243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)240010,400127437
Gold  (*)CopperAu14001330554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314001314640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61400132228
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41400135591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414001214899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2340010,40012,4001317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2240012,4001339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2340010,40012,4001361156
Silver  (*)CopperAg240012,400135186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1400122473
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS240012,4001321482
Stromeyerite  (*)NoneCuAgS140012332


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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