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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

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: 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: 
ArsenopyriteBaryteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumCovellite
EpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
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)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1432398803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1432399052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14323911547
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS31432391089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)243239,4324027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1432395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2343239,43240,4324127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1432394165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21432409895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1432398173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS243239,4324024243
Gold  (*)CopperAu243239,4324030554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314324014640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41432395591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414324014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21432395674
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21432415800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214323917380
Proustite  (*)NoneAg3AsS3143239733
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31432391425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2343239,43240,4324139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8243239,432409056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2243239,4324061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1432391711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1432396417
Silver  (*)CopperAg243239,432405186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS243239,4324021482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131432395317



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