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:
Wuhu, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 216822
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216822.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuhu, Anhui, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fanchang Co.
Nanling Co.
Wuwei Co.

Latitude: 31°7'59"N
Longitude: 118°0'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.133055555556,118.01611111111

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper
Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Turquoise	Vivianite
Wavellite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*
Vivianite ()*	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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H O P

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Turquoise Vivianite
Wavellite

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	37127	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	37124,37125,37131	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37131	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	37124	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	37124	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	37131	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	37127	3092
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	37127	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	37127	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	37124,37125,37127,37128	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	37124,37127,37128,37130,37131	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	37128,37131	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	37125,37128	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37127	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37127,37128	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37124	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37127	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	37127	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	37132	6890
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	37124	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	37124,37125,37127,37130	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	37127,37130,37131	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	37124,37125,37130,37131	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37124	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	37127,37131	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37127	2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	37127	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	37124,37125,37127,37128,37130,37131	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37128	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	37124,37125,37127,37128,37130,37131	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37124	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37127,37128	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37127	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37124	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	0		484
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	0		636
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O	0		374

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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