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Locality Name:
Quanjiao Co., Chuzhou, Anhui, China


mindat Locality ID: 216994
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216994.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Quanjiao Co., Chuzhou, Anhui, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fanshuiwa Au Deposit
Machang Au Deposit
Quanjiao Sepiolite Deposit

Latitude: 32°4'0"N
Longitude: 118°2'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.066666666667,118.04972222222

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 As Au Ba C Ca F Fe H Mg O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousBaryteCalciteClayCopperFluoriteNoneOrpimentPalygorskitePyrite
QuartzSepiolite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)
Opal  (*)Orpiment  (*)Palygorskite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Sepiolite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13697911547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)236979,3698127770
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2236979,369819895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21369799617
Gold  (*)CopperAu236979,3698030554
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O1369812994
Orpiment  (*)OrpimentAs2S3136979511
Palygorskite  (*)Palygorskite Clay(Mg,Al)2Si4O10(OH)·4H2O136981306
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213697939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213697961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS136979712
Sepiolite  (*)Sepiolite ClayMg4Si6O15(OH)2·6H2O136981241
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1369816417



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