Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Xuan'en Co., Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture), Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 228483
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228483.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xuan'en Co., Enshi Autonomous Prefecture (E'xi Autonomous Prefecture), Hubei, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Changtanhe Fe Deposit
Huoshaobao Fe Deposit
Mahuping Fe Deposit
Tengjiawan Pb-Zn Deposit

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

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.

Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Kaolinite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

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 Fe H O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Kaolinite None Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	39874,39875,39876	27770
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39877	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	39874,39875,39876	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	39874,39875,39876	5591
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	39874,39875,39876	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	3	39874,39875,39876	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	39877	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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