Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yonghe, Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 216702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yonghe, Liuyang Co., Changsha, Hunan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Daxi River
Liuyang Phosphate Mine
Yonghe Sepiolite Mine

Latitude: 28°18'0"N
Longitude: 113°50'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.3,113.84972222222

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Kaolinite	None	Palygorskite	Quartz	Sepiolite	Smectite-vermiculite
Talc	Wavellite

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 F H Mg Na O P S Si Sr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Kaolinite None Palygorskite Quartz Sepiolite Smectite-vermiculite
Talc Wavellite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Palygorskite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Talc ()*
Wavellite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40146	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	40146	1252
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40146	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	40145	2740
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40146	5591
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40146	1508
Palygorskite ()*	Palygorskite Clay	(Mg,Al)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)·4H₂O	1	40146	306
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	40146	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	40146	241
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40146	3337
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	1	40145	374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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