Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Ningnan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 228414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ningnan Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Quezhushan Pb-Zn Ore Field
Songlin Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 27°10'42"N
Longitude: 102°47'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.178333333333,102.79138888889

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Covellite	Diaspore	Fluorite	Malachite
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Ag Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg Mg Mo O Pb S Sb Si W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Aragonite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Covellite Diaspore Fluorite Malachite
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

27 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	2	43534,43537	2793
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	43537	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	43537	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	43534,43535,43537,43538	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	1	43533	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	3	43534,43535,43537	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	43533	2600
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43537	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43537	7437
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	43535	1066
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	43534,43537	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43536,43537	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	43534,43535	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	43533	5800
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	43533	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	43534,43535	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	3	43534,43535,43537	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	43534,43535,43536,43537,43538	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43537	5317
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	43537	372

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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