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Locality Name:
Zhifang Mo Deposit, Song Co., Luoyang, Henan, China


mindat Locality ID: 225480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhifang Mo Deposit, Song Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteMalachiteMicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltScheelite
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteTitaniteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Jordisite  (*)Leucite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS20102
Leucite  (*)AnalcimeK(AlSi2O6)0233
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO30140
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



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