Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hecaokeng Uranium Ore Field, Huichang Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 225841
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225841.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hecaokeng Uranium Ore Field, Huichang Co., Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Aozibei Deposit
Caotaobei U Deposit (U Deposit No. 6722)
Hecaokeng Deposit
Huangtian Deposit
Shangliao Deposit
Xiaofuzhu Deposit

Latitude: 25°39'20"N
Longitude: 115°53'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.655555555556,115.89333333333

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.

Autunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Marcasite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Annite ()*	Autunite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coffinite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderophyllite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Torbernite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si U Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Autunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Marcasite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41386	8803
Annite ()*	Mica Clay	KFe²⁺₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	41386	356
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	4	41385,41386,41388,41390	1272
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	41388	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	41385,41386,41388,41389,41390	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	41385,41386,41387,41388,41389	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	41386	1756
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	3	41386,41389,41390	566
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	41385,41386,41387,41388,41389	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	41385,41386,41387,41388,41389	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	41386	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	41385,41386,41387,41388,41389,41390	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41386	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	41386	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41386	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	41385,41386,41387,41388,41390	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	41385,41386,41388,41389,41390	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	41385,41386,41387,41388,41390	61156
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41386	92
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	41387,41389	21482
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	4	41386,41387,41388,41390	1059
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	5	41386,41387,41388,41389,41390	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O	4	41386,41387,41388,41390	890
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	41386	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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