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Locality Name:
Qinzhou-Fangcheng Mn Ore Field, Fangcheng District, Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 231340
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231340.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qinzhou-Fangcheng Mn Ore Field, Fangcheng District, Fangchenggang, Guangxi, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Lilan Mine
Nagu Mine
Pingwang Mine
Tanying Mn Deposit

Latitude: 21°53'46"N
Longitude: 108°14'51"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.896111111111,108.2475

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 Ba Ca Fe H K Li Mg Mn Na O Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BrauniteClayCoronaditeCorundumDiasporeKaoliniteNoneRamsdelliteRutileSmectite-vermiculite

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Braunite  (*)Cryptomelane  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hollandite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Lithiophorite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nsutite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Todorokite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)138306483
Cryptomelane  (*)CoronaditeK(Mn4+7Mn3+)O16138306599
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)1383067437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313830614640
Hollandite  (*)CoronaditeBa(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16138306243
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41383065591
Lithiophorite  (*)None(Al,Li)(Mn4+,Mn3+)O2(OH)2138306210
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1383061508
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x138306121
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21383063106
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O138306433



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