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Locality Name:
Xupu Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China


mindat Locality ID: 216710
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216710.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xupu Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Aoyushan Pb-Zn Deposit
Jiangdongwan Sb-Au Occurrence
Jiangxilong Sb-Au Deposit
Longwangjiang Sb-As-Au Deposit
Taojinping Au Deposit
U Occurrence No. 111
U-V Deposit No. 110
Yangpimao Sb-Au Occurrence
Zengjiaxi W-Sb Deposit

Latitude: 27°47'23"N
Longitude: 110°40'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.789722222222,110.67361111111
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si U V W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteClayCopperFritzscheiteKaoliniteMicaNone
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteStibnite

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Francevillite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schoderite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Torbernite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1403572793
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21403593092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS440358,40359,40360,403649052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O240362,403631272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)240359,4036527770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21403649895
Francevillite  (*)FritzscheiteBa(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O14036343
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS440357,40358,40359,4036424243
Gold  (*)CopperAu440358,40359,40360,4036430554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41403635591
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1403631508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2440357,40358,40359,4036417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2740357,40358,40359,40360,40363,40364,4036539462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2140357771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2640357,40358,40359,40360,40364,4036561156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1403654894
Schoderite  (*)NoneAl2(PO4)(VO4)·8H2O1403635
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1403576417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS440357,40358,40359,4036421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3540358,40359,40360,40364,403653418
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O240362,403631059
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O14036389


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