Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cangshan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China

mindat Locality ID: 230281
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230281.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cangshan Co., Linyi, Shandong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Cangshan Mine
Longbaoshan Mine

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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

17 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	43016	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43016	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43016	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43016	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	43016	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43016	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43016	24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43015	286
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43016	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43016	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43015,43016	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43016	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	43015,43016	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43015	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43015,43016	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43015	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43016	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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