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:
Tongren Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 231348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tongren Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bahuang U-P Deposit
Bokouchang Pb-Zn Deposit (Pukouchang Pb-Zn Deposit)
Dadongla Hg-Zn Ore Field
Luanyantang Mine
Tongren Mine

Latitude: 27°44'16"N
Longitude: 109°12'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.737777777778,109.20638888889

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.

Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Marcasite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Stibnite

Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*

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 Ba C Ca F Fe Hg Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Marcasite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Stibnite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	38938	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	38939	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	38936,38939	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	38936,38937,38939,38940	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	38938,38939,38940	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	38936,38938,38939,38940	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38936	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	38936,38937,38939	24243
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	38936	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	38936	5674
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	38939	255
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	38936,38939	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	38939,38940	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	38936	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	38936,38937,38939	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38940	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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