Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Yangyan River Valley, Fanshi Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 228729
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228729.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yangyan River Valley, Fanshi Co., Xinzhou, Shanxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Gengzhuang Mine
Gold Occurrences (incl. Huangcao; Chafang; Shitanggou)
Houyu Cu-Mo Deposit

Latitude: 39°8'6"N
Longitude: 113°36'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.135,113.60222222222

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Proustite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

28 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	43239	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43239	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	43239	11547
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	43239	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	43239,43240	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	43239	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	43239,43240,43241	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	43239	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43240	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43239	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	43239,43240	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	43239,43240	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43240	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43239	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	43240	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	43239	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	43241	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43239	17380
Proustite ()*	None	Ag₃AsS₃	1	43239	733
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	43239	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	43239,43240,43241	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	43239,43240	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43239,43240	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	43239	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43239	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	43239,43240	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	43239,43240	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43239	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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