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Locality Name:
Tunchang Co., Hainan, China


mindat Locality ID: 230514
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230514.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tunchang Co., Hainan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chenxing Complex
Gaotongling Mo Deposit

Latitude: 19°19'9"N
Longitude: 110°0'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 19.319166666667,110.00527777778
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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparMalachite
MicaMolybdeniteNonePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTitanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Molybdite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pargasite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21390233419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1390238803
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31390241935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)239023,3902427770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213902427198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81390231756
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2139023160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)239023,390248173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13902424243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31390235433
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2139023238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413902414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213902412537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21390245800
Molybdite  (*)NoneMoO3139024140
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2239023,3902417380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1390232349
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2139023313
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21390231898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213902439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213902461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2239023,390245614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13902421482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O239023,390244899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21390232562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1390241025


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