Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Taoyuan Co., Changde, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 216698
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216698.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taoyuan Co., Changde, Hunan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lengjiaxi Mine
Lijiachong Mine
Xi'an Mine
Yuan River Placers (Yuanjiang Placers)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diamond	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Diamond ()*	Dolomite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Mercury ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diamond Kaolinite Mica None Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	40132	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	40134	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40134	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40134	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	40134	2600
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	40135	697
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40134	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	40132,40134	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	40132,40134	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40134	5591
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	40134	397
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	40132,40134	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	40132,40134	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40134	771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40132,40134	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	40132,40134	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	40134	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	40132,40134	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	40132,40134	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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