Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Beita District, Shaoyang, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225332
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225332.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beita District, Shaoyang, Hunan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Baiyunpu Au Deposit (Baiyanpu Au Deposit)
Baiyunpu Pb-Zn Deposit
Tianjialishan Mn Deposit

Latitude: 27°22'0"N
Longitude: 111°19'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.366666666667,111.33305555556

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Vernadite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	40391	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	40391	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	40391,40392	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40391	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40391	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	40391	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	40390	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	40391	784
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40391	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	40391	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	40392	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	40391	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	40392	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	40391	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	40391	5317
Vernadite ()*	None	(Mn,Fe,Ca,Na)(O,OH)₂·nH₂O	1	40392	65

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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