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Locality Name:
Fangcheng Co., Nanyang, Henan, China


mindat Locality ID: 229020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fangcheng Co., Nanyang, Henan, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Baishugang Rutile Deposit
Shangdong Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit
Tumen Mo Deposit
Wujianfang Rutile Deposit

Latitude: 33°17'12"N
Longitude: 112°54'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.286666666667,112.90694444444

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: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrauniteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteMolybdeniteNickelineNone
PyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphalerite

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41396585516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)139658483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13965827770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1396585707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213965827198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21396589895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1396578173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21396599617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13965824243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3239657,3965814640
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21396595800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213965839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81396589056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213965761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2239657,396605614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13965821482



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