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Locality Name:
Boluo Co., Huizhou, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 234634
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-234634.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Boluo Co., Huizhou, Guangdong, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Deposit No. 520
Lishan Fe-polymetallic Deposit

Latitude: 23°28'30"N
Longitude: 114°27'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 23.475,114.45833333333

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundumFluoriteMicaNonePyriteQuartz
RocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelTopazZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Topaz  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21378893419
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213788927198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81378891756
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21378899617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13788924243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31378895433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4237888,3788914899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213788917380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2237888,3788939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213788961156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21378895614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13788921482
Topaz  (*)TopazAl2SiO4F21378881476
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)137888939



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