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Locality Name:
Xinning Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China


mindat Locality ID: 225406
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225406.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinning Co., Shaoyang, Hunan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nitanchong Sb-As-Au Deposit (Nitangchong Sb-As-Au Deposit)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteMarcasiteMicaNickeline
NonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibniteTetrahedrite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1404099052
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11140409843
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14040927770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214040927198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21404099895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1404098173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14040924243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14040930554
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21404095674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214040917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214040939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81404099056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214040961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14040921482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31404093418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131404095317



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