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Locality Name:
Nanjiang Co., Bazhong, Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 244084
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244084.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nanjiang Co., Bazhong, Sichuan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hongshan Fe 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 S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteMicaNickelineNone
PyritePyroxeneSerpentineSpinelTalc

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Antigorite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Hematite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Minnesotaite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Siderite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4143321708
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14332127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214332127198
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1433211025
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61433214135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1433218173
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314332114640
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414332114899
Minnesotaite  (*)Clay TalcFe2+3Si4O10(OH)214332161
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21433212273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS214332139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81433219056
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1433216417
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21433213337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO1433211101
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21433212562
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1433211025



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