Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Qidong Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225397
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225397.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qidong Co., Hengyang, Hunan, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Fengqiping Au Deposit
Liushutang Pb-Zn Deposit
Qidong Fe Deposit
Sandetang Au Deposit
Taihetang Au Deposit

Latitude: 26°52'0"N
Longitude: 112°6'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.866666666667,112.10833333333

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.

Acanthite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Mica	None	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Acanthite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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: Ag Al Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Mica None Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	40327	2793
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	40327	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	40327	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40327	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	40327	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	40329	2600
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	40327	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	3	40326,40329,40330	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	40326,40329,40330	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40328	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40327	17380
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3	40326,40329,40330	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	40326,40327,40329,40330	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	40327	21482
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	40329	369

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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