Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Caozigou Mine, Chaotian District, Guangyuan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 235396
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-235396.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Caozigou Mine, Chaotian District, Guangyuan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 32°47'30"N
Longitude: 105°56'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.791666666667,105.94666666667

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Covellite	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite
Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Covellite Epidote Fluorite Garnet Malachite
Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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