Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 216681
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216681.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zigui Co., Yichang, Hubei, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Baiyanshan Fe Deposit
Guaizigou Au Deposit
Maoping Au Deposit
Yangliuchi Fe Deposit
Yueliangbao Au Deposit

Latitude: 30°47'0"N
Longitude: 110°56'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.783333333333,110.93333333333

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	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Tetradymite

Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O S Si Te

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Melonite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Tetradymite

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	40110	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	40108,40111	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40110	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	40110	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	40110,40112	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	40108,40111	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	40108,40110,40111	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40110	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	40110	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	40110	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	40108,40110,40111,40112	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	40108,40111	6417
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	40110	276

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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