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Locality Name:
Tongshan Co., Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China


mindat Locality ID: 216774
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216774.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongshan Co., Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Liguo Fe Deposit

Latitude: 34°35'0"N
Longitude: 117°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.583333333333,117.33305555556

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: Al Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteGarnetKaoliniteMicaNonePyrite
PyroxeneSpinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Andradite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Grossular  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31412691534
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1412695707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214126927198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61412694135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1412698173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)31412691544
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314126914640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41412695591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414126914899
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21412692273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214126939462



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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