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Locality Name:
Shanhu W-Sn Ore Field (Shanhu Mine), Zhongshan Co., Hezhou, Guangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 232777
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-232777.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shanhu W-Sn Ore Field (Shanhu Mine), Zhongshan Co., Hezhou, Guangxi, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Babuling W-Fe Deposit
Changyingling W-Sn Deposit (Zhangyingling W-Sn Deposit)
Jiuhua W-Fe Deposit
Shanmuchong W-Sb Deposit

Latitude: 24°20'21"N
Longitude: 111°20'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 24.339166666667,111.34666666667

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 Ba Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBournoniteCalciteChalcanthiteChalcopyrite
ClayColumbiteCorundumFeldsparFluoriteGypsumKaoliniteMalachiteMarcasiteMica
NickelineNonePavonitePolybasitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSphalerite
StanniteStibniteTetrahedriteTopazTripliteTungstite

47 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenic  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)
Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bornite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Canfieldite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Ferberite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Freibergite  (*)Galena  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Matildite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pavonite  (*)
Polybasite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Realgar  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stannite  (*)Stephanite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Topaz  (*)
Triplite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1385172793
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1385178803
Arsenic  (*)ArsenicAs138517379
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS238517,385199052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)238517,3851911547
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181385174286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi1385171966
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41385175516
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3238517,385191089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)438516,38517,38518,3851927770
Canfieldite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8SnS613851791
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21385175171
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O138517925
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1385175707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213851727198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2438516,38517,38518,385199895
Ferberite  (*)ColumbiteFe2+(WO4)438516,38517,38518,38519551
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2438516,38517,38518,385199617
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S12138517663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13851724243
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O338516,38518,385196890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3338516,38518,3851914640
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)238517,38519469
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41385175591
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)213851612537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21385175674
Matildite  (*)NoneAgBiS2138517252
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1385174924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2238517,3851917380
Pavonite  (*)PavoniteAgBi3S513851772
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]138517716
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS31385171425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2438516,38517,38518,3851939462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81385179056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2438516,38517,38518,3851961156
Realgar  (*)NoneAsS138517712
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1385171711
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)238517,385194894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)438516,38517,38518,385196417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS238517,3851921482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4138517668
Stephanite  (*)NoneAg5SbS4138517586
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3238517,385193418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131385175317
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21385171476
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F138517233
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O138517118



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