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Locality Name:
Lizhu Ore Field (Lichu Ore Field), Yuecheng District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 231451
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231451.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lizhu Ore Field (Lichu Ore Field), Yuecheng District, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Lizhu Iron Mine
Lizhu Mo Deposit (Lizhe Mo Deposit)

Latitude: 29°58'11"N
Longitude: 120°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.969722222222,120.46666666667
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 As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteChalcopyriteClayCorundumFluoriteMicaMilleriteMolybdenite
NickelineNonePyritePyrophyllitePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Jordisite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Millerite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)
Parkerite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41454825516
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214548227198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6245481,454824135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21454819895
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1454822740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21454829617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14548124243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314548114640
Jordisite  (*)AmorphousMoS2145482102
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4245481,4548214899
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS1454821066
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2245481,454825800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214548217380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs145482633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS145482767
Parkerite  (*)NoneNi3(Bi,Pb)2S214548255
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214548239462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2145482771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214548261156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14548121482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21454822562


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