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Locality Name:
Qingzhen Co., Guiyang, Guizhou, China


mindat Locality ID: 231362
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231362.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Changchong Bauxite Deposit
Changchonghe Mine
Laoheishan Bauxite Deposit
Maixiang Bauxite Deposit
Qingzhen Meteorite

Latitude: 26°34'46"N
Longitude: 106°26'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 26.579444444444,106.44361111111

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 C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg N Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiamondDiasporeDjerfisheriteFeldsparIronKaoliniteLepidocrocite
MilariteNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePerovskitePyritePyroxeneRocksaltScacchiteSphalerite
SpinelStanniteTridymiteWurtziteZircon

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anatase  (*)Anorthite  (*)Böhmite  (*)Bornite  (*)
Caswellsilverite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Daubréelite  (*)Diamond  (*)
Diaspore  (*)Diopside  (*)Djerfisherite  (*)Enstatite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Gibbsite  (*)Graphite  (*)Greigite  (*)Hematite  (*)Idaite  (*)
Iron  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Moissanite  (*)Nierite  (*)Niningerite  (*)
Oldhamite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Perryite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Roedderite  (*)
Schreibersite  (*)Smythite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Tridymite  (*)
Troilite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1387428803
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO2438738,38739,38740,387412162
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1387421036
Böhmite  (*)LepidocrociteAlO(OH)438738,38739,38740,38741195
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41387425516
Caswellsilverite  (*)ScacchiteNaCrS21387425
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213874227198
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O613874294
Daubréelite  (*)SpinelFeCr2S4138742157
Diamond  (*)DiamondC138742697
Diaspore  (*)DiasporeAlO(OH)438738,38739,38740,38741481
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61387424135
Djerfisherite  (*)DjerfisheriteK6(Fe,Cu,Ni)25S26Cl13874260
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6138742944
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1387421188
Gibbsite  (*)NoneAl(OH)3438738,38739,38740,38741504
Graphite  (*)NoneC1387422812
Greigite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2S413874262
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3438738,38739,38740,3874114640
Idaite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu3FeS4138742142
Iron  (*)IronFe1387421089
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4438738,38739,38740,387415591
Moissanite  (*)WurtziteSiC13874257
Nierite  (*)NoneSi3N41387427
Niningerite  (*)RocksaltMgS13874228
Oldhamite  (*)RocksaltCaS13874258
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO3138742495
Perryite  (*)None(Ni,Fe)8(Si,P)313874225
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2438738,38739,38740,3874139462
Roedderite  (*)MilariteKNaMg2(Mg3Si12)O3013874230
Schreibersite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3P138742374
Smythite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)3+xS4 (x ≈ 0-0.3)13874277
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13874221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41387421934
Tridymite  (*)TridymiteSiO2138742458
Troilite  (*)NoneFeS1387421044
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)438738,38739,38740,387415251



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