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Locality Name:
Tiantai Co., Taizhou, Zhejiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 216926
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216926.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiantai Co., Taizhou, Zhejiang, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dalingkou Mine
Hou'an Ag Deposit
Qianguanling Au-Ag Deposit

Latitude: 29°7'29"N
Longitude: 120°55'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.124722222222,120.91666666667
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 F Fe H K Mn O P Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFluorite
KaoliniteMicaNoneOlivinePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteTetrahedrite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Purpurite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stephanite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S245511,455122793
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1455119052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14551111547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14551127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214551127198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1455118173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21455119617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14551124243
Gold  (*)CopperAu245511,4551330554
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41455115591
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2345511,45512,4551317380
Purpurite  (*)OlivineMn3+(PO4)14551180
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31455111425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2345511,45512,4551339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2345511,45512,4551361156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1455111711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)145511969
Silver  (*)CopperAg1455115186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14551121482
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4145511586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131455115317


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