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:
Songtao Mn Ore Field, Songtao Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 231385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Songtao Mn Ore Field, Songtao Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Daotuo Mn Deposit
Datangpo Mn Deposit
Hishuixi Mn Deposit
Xixibao Mn Deposit
Yangjiawan Mn Deposit
Yanglizhang Mn Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Feldspar	Gypsum	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

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 C Ca Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca H O S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Feldspar Gypsum None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	5	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	38929	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932	9895
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	5	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932	234
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	38927,38928,38930,38931,38932	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	38928	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	6	38927,38928,38929,38930,38931,38932	1711

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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