Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xingshan Co., Yichang, Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 216679
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216679.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baiguoyuan Ag-V Deposit
Baiji River Pb-Zn Deposit (Baijihe Pb-Zn Deposit)
Laolingou Garnet Deposit
Shuiyuesi Au Deposit

Latitude: 31°14'0"N
Longitude: 111°0'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.233333333333,111.01638888889

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.

Acanthite	Argyrodite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite	Titanite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Aguilarite ()*	Almandine ()*	Argyrodite ()*	Augite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Naumannite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe Ge H K Mg Na O Pb S Se Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Argyrodite Baryte Calcite Clay Copper Corundum Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite
Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite Titanite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	40083	2793
Aguilarite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₄SeS	1	40083	87
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	40085	2353
Argyrodite ()*	Argyrodite	Ag₈GeS₆	1	40083	62
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	40085	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	40083,40084	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40083	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	40083,40084	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40084	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	40084	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	40083,40085	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	40083	6890
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	40085	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	40085	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40085	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	40083	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40083	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	40083,40084,40085	17380
Naumannite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ag₂Se	1	40083	192
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	40083,40084,40085	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	40083,40084,40085	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40085	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	40085	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	40083	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	40084	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	40084	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	40085	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	40085	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40085	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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