Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Xinhuang Hg Ore Field, Xinhuang Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 240077
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-240077.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinhuang Hg Ore Field, Xinhuang Co., Huaihua, Hunan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jiudiantang Mine
Sanquewan Mine
Shangguanqi-Gaozai Se-Hg Deposit

Latitude: 27°21'27"N
Longitude: 109°6'49"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.3575,109.11361111111

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	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite

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: Ba C Ca Fe Hg Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe Hg S Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite None Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Mercury ()*
Metacinnabar ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	40354	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	40353,40354	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	40353,40354	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	40353,40354	9895
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	0		397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	40353	255
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40353,40354	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	40353	3418

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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