Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yuan River Placers (Yuanjiang Placers), Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 230345
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230345.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuan River Placers (Yuanjiang Placers), Yuanling Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yuanjiangite Locality

Latitude: 28°25'37"N
Longitude: 110°22'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.426944444444,110.38

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.

Copper	Diamond	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Rutile	Zircon

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: As Au C Fe Hg O Os Pt S Si Sn Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Copper Diamond Nickeline None Pyrite Rutile Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Cassiterite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Diamond ()*	Gold ()*	Osmium ()*
Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Yuanjiangite ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	40373	5171
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	40373	2600
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	40373	697
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	40373	30554
Osmium ()*	None	Os	1	40373	169
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	40373	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	40373	39462
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	40373	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40373	5614
Yuanjiangite ()*	Nickeline	AuSn	1	40373	3
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	40373	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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