Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guposhan Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Zhongshan Co., Hezhou, Guangxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 234572
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234572.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guposhan Sn-polymetallic Ore Field, Zhongshan Co., Hezhou, Guangxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wanggao Ore Field

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Berthierite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Kobellite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Berthierite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*
Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Berthierite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Kobellite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	38512	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	38509,38511,38512,38514	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	38513	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	38509,38510,38512,38514	9052
Berthierite ()*	Berthierite	FeSb₂S₄	2	38509,38512	343
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	2	38509,38512	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	38512	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	38512	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5	38509,38510,38511,38512,38514	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	38509,38510,38512,38514	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	38512	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	38513	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	5	38509,38510,38511,38512,38514	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	38510	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	38509,38510,38512,38514	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	1	38510	192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	38510,38513	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	38512,38514	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	38509,38510,38511,38512,38514	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	3	38510,38512,38514	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	38509,38510,38511,38512,38514	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	38509,38510,38512,38514	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	38509,38511,38512,38514	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	4	38509,38511,38512,38514	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	38509	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	38509,38510,38512,38514	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	3	38509,38510,38514	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	38509,38512,38514	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4	38509,38511,38512,38514	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	38512	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	38514	1395

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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