Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yuanping Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 216870
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216870.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuanping Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Hulishan Au Deposit
Shiqiang Bauxite Deposit
Xishandi Au Deposit

Latitude: 38°58'0"N
Longitude: 112°33'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.966666666667,112.56638888889

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel

Anatase ()*	Böhmite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chamosite ()*	Corundum ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lead ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	43274	2162
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	43274	195
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43273	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43273	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43273	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	43274	577
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	43273	1797
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	43274	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43273	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43273	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43273	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43274	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43273	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	43274	6890
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43274	5591
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	43273	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43273	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	43273,43274	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	43273	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43273	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43273,43274	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43273	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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