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Locality Name:
Pingguo Bauxite Deposit, Pingguo Co., Baise, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 230343
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230343.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pingguo Bauxite Deposit, Pingguo Co., Baise, Guangxi, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jiaomei Mine
Nadou Mine
Taiping Mine

Latitude: 23°32'30"N
Longitude: 107°34'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.541666666667,107.57194444444

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 Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChabaziteClayCorundumCristobaliteDiasporeFeldsparKaoliniteLepidocrociteNonePyrite
QuartzSmectite-vermiculite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Bayerite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Chabazite-Na  (*)Corundum  (*)
Cristobalite  (*)Diaspore  (*)Dickite  (*)Gibbsite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Bayerite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3015
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)0195
Chabazite-Na  (*)Chabazite(Na3K)[Al4Si8O24]·11H2O066
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Cristobalite  (*)CristobaliteSiO20453
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)338250,38251,38252481
Dickite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)40651
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3338250,38251,38252504
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)338250,38251,382527437
Halloysite-7Å  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4052
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3338250,38251,3825214640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4338250,38251,382525591
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O01508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2338250,38251,3825261156



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