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Locality Name:
Tiezhang Sn Deposit, Zijin Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 231457
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231457.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiezhang Sn Deposit, Zijin Co., Heyuan, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 23°30'0"N
Longitude: 115°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.5,115.36666666667
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: Ag Al As Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Br C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCovelliteEpidote
FeldsparMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSmectite-vermiculite
SphaleriteStanniteTetrahedriteVivianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)
Bromargyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chlorargyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Opal  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Vivianite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)203092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S110843
Bromargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgBr0227
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO205171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)04979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chlorargyrite  (*)RocksaltAgCl01382
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS205674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O0471
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl01725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)01711
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O01153
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS40668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1305317
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636


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