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Locality Name:
Shiping Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China


mindat Locality ID: 229984
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229984.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shiping Co., Honghe, Yunnan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Longtan W Deposit
Xiaosanjia Pb-Zn Deposit

Latitude: 23°48'59"N
Longitude: 102°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.816388888889,102.46666666667
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K O S Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AluniteAmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBismutiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
FluoriteMalachiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRutileScheeliteSphalerite
SpinelTungstite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismutite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)Gold  (*)Hematite  (*)
Jarosite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS1449889052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1449881966
Bismutite  (*)BismutiteBi2O2(CO3)144988716
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14498827770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21449885171
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214498827198
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2144988271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21449889617
Gold  (*)CopperAu14498830554
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314498814640
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)61449882228
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414498814899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)214498812537
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214498817380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214498839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81449889056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214498861156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1449884894
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O1449881153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14498821482
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O144988118


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