Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Luota Pb-Zn Ore Field, Longshan Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225347
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225347.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luota Pb-Zn Ore Field, Longshan Co., Xiangxi, Hunan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Jiangjiaya Mine
Longzehu Pb-Zn Deposit
Muta Pb-Zn Deposit
Tianwangmiao Pb-Zn Deposit
Xiaguangrong Mine
Yaojiaya Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 29°19'59"N
Longitude: 109°30'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.333055555556,109.5125

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.

Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica
None	Not in a structural group	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Wurtzite

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Willemite ()*	Wurtzite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca Cu F Fe H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Mica
None Not in a structural group Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Wurtzite

20 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	40492	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	0		5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	40488,40492	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	40488,40492	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40488	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	40488,40492	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	0		9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	40488,40489,40490,40491,40492,40493	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	40488	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	40492	14640
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2	40488,40492	1689
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	2	40488,40492	1066
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40488	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	40488,40492	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40488,40492	61156
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2	40488,40492	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	6	40488,40489,40490,40491,40492,40493	21482
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1	40488	303
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	40488	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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