Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shangcheng Co., Xinyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 224552
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224552.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shangcheng Co., Xinyang, Henan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Muchanghe Ag-Au-Cu Deposit
Pijiazhai Au Deposit
Tangjiaping Mo Deposit

Latitude: 31°31'29"N
Longitude: 115°19'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.524722222222,115.325

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	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

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 Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39800	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39800	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39798	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	39798	4165
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	39800	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39798	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	39798	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39798	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	39798,39800	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39800	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	39798	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	39800	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	39800	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	39798,39799,39800	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	39798	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	39798,39799,39800	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	39798,39799,39800	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39800	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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