Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nanping Au Deposit, Shizimiao Au-Mo Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 231414
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231414.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanping Au Deposit, Shizimiao Au-Mo Ore Field, Luanchuan Co., Luoyang, Henan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Zoisite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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