Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Shunchang Co., Nanping, Fujian, China

mindat Locality ID: 217080
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-217080.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shunchang Co., Nanping, Fujian, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Shanhou Pb-Zn Deposit
Sikeng Mine

Latitude: 26°51'30"N
Longitude: 118°4'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.858333333333,118.08305555556

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.

Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37352	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37352	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	37352	2734
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37352	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37352	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37352	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37352	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37353	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37352	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37352	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37352	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37352	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	37352	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37352	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37352,37353	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37352	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37352	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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