Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yinjiang Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 231702
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-231702.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yinjiang Co., Tongren, Guizhou, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Biaoshuiyan Sn-W Deposit

Latitude: 27°56'47"N
Longitude: 108°39'25"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.946388888889,108.65694444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Malachite	Mica
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Topaz

Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Malachite Mica
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Topaz

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	38951	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	38951	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	38951	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	38951	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	38951	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	38951	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	38951	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	38951	1025
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	38951	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	38951	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	38951	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	38951	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	38951	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	38951	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	38951	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	38951	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	38951	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	38951	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	38951	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38951	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	38951	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	38951	1476

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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