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Locality Name:
Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 230688
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-230688.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanhu District, Yuncheng, Shanxi, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Yuncheng Salt Lake
Zhongtiaoshan Ore Field

Latitude: 35°0'0"N
Longitude: 111°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35,111
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 Au C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BlöditeChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCovelliteEpidoteKaoliniteMalachiteMica
MolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Blödite  (*)Bornite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)
Halite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2243300,433055509
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O143298130
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41433005516
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1433005707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2543300,43302,43303,43304,4330527198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS243300,433054165
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6243302,433034135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1433058173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS343300,43302,4330324243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14330430554
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl1432981398
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4243304,433055591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4343302,43303,4330514899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2243300,4330512537
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O143298223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2243300,433035800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2243304,4330517380
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S81433031512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2543300,43302,43303,43304,4330539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2443300,43303,43304,4330561156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS243300,4330221482


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