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Locality Name:
Wanzai Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, China


mindat Locality ID: 243650
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243650.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wanzai Co., Yichun, Jiangxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Datangchong Au Deposit
Xingyuanchong Cu Deposit

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCovelliteCubaniteEpidoteMica
NickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelWurtzite

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Azurite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
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)21416713419
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)21416713092
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)21416715509
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41416715516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14167127770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1416715707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214167127198
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS1416714165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3141671802
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1416718173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14167124243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31416715433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414167114899
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)214167117380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214167139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81416719056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214167161156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1416716417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS14167121482



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