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:
Wugang Co., Pingdingshan, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 243041
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243041.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wugang Co., Pingdingshan, Henan, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Wugang Fe 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	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Glaucophane ()*	Goethite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kassite ()*	Lead ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zinc ()*

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 Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	39732,39734	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	39729	2353
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	39733	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39732	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	39734	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	39732,39734	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	39732,39734	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	39732	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	39732	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	39732,39733,39734	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	39732,39733	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	39732	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	39732	9617
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	39732,39733	286
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	39733	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	39729	2812
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	39732	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	39732,39733,39734,39736	14640
Kassite ()*	None	CaTi₂O₄(OH)₂	1	39729	10
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1	39732	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	39732,39733,39734,39736	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39732	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39734	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39729	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	39732	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	39732,39733,39734	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39733	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	39732,39733,39734	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	39733	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	39732,39734	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	39732	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	39732,39734	2562
Zinc ()*	None	Zn	1	39732	52

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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