Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Xianyou Co., Putian, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 217027
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217027.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xianyou Co., Putian, Fujian, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Donghu Pegmatite
Lishan Mo Deposit
Niutoushan
Zhongshan Mine

Latitude: 25°37'29"N
Longitude: 118°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.624722222222,118.83305555556

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Millerite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Millerite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Talnakhite ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Millerite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37415	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37413	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37416	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	37413,37417	5591
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	37415	1066
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37413	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37413	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	37415	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	37413	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37415	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37413,37417	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	37415	1934
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	1	37415	35

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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