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Locality Name:
Suichang Gold Mine, Suichang Co., Lishui, Zhejiang, China


mindat Locality ID: 244348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Suichang Gold Mine, Suichang Co., Lishui, Zhejiang, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Pb-Zn Deposit No. 1 (Huafengjian Pb-Zn Deposit)
Yangmeigang Pb-Zn Deposit
Zhilingtou Au-Ag Deposit (Zhilintou Au-Ag Deposit; Yinkengshan Au-Ag Deposit)

Latitude: 28°36'54"N
Longitude: 119°25'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.615,119.42555555556

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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo O Pb S Sb Se Si Te Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GarnetJalpaiteKaoliniteMeloniteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPolybasite
PyritePyrophylliteQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTetradymite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Almandine  (*)Altaite  (*)Alunite  (*)
Calaverite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hessite  (*)
Jalpaite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Naumannite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Petzite  (*)Polybasite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophyllite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)
Selenopolybasite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Sylvanite  (*)Talnakhite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Volynskite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S1454272793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS145427312
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31454272353
Altaite  (*)RocksaltPbTe145427489
Alunite  (*)NoneKAl3(SO4)2(OH)6145427966
Calaverite  (*)MeloniteAuTe2145427361
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14542727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214542727198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)245425,454278173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2245425,454279617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS245425,4542724243
Gold  (*)CopperAu14542730554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1454272812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O314542714640
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te145427804
Jalpaite  (*)JalpaiteAg3CuS2145427116
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41454275591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O414542714899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21454275800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2245425,4542717380
Naumannite  (*)Not in a structural groupAg2Se145427192
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1454272349
Petzite  (*)NoneAg3AuTe2145427409
Polybasite  (*)Polybasite[Ag9CuS4][(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7]145427716
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2245425,4542739462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)2145427771
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81454279056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2245425,4542761156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1454271711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)145427969
Selenopolybasite  (*)NoneCu(Ag,Cu)6Ag9Sb2(S,Se)9Se21454276
Silver  (*)CopperAg1454275186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS245425,4542721482
Sylvanite  (*)MeloniteAgAuTe4145427337
Talnakhite  (*)ChalcopyriteCu9Fe8S1614542735
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3145427276
Volynskite  (*)NoneAgBiTe214542764



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