Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Shaodong Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 216714
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216714.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shaodong Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Liangshi Gypsum Mine (Shaodong Gypsum Mine)
Lushan'ao Mn Deposit
Yangjiatan W Deposit

Latitude: 27°27'59"N
Longitude: 111°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.466388888889,111.73333333333

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.

Amorphous	Calcite	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite

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: C Ca Fe H Mn Na O S Si W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Calcite Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Scheelite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Vernadite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40406	27770
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	40405	6890
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	40406	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	40406	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	40406	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40406,40407	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	40406	1711
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	40407	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	40406	6417
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40406	65

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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