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Locality Name:
Qiushuwan Ore Field, Zhenping Co., Nanyang, Henan, China


mindat Locality ID: 254770
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254770.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qiushuwan Ore Field, Zhenping Co., Nanyang, Henan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Qiushuwan Cu-Mo Deposit
Yanlailing Mo Deposit

Latitude: 33°12'30"N
Longitude: 112°14'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.208333333333,112.23333333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)
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)21397133419
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)13971311547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13971327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS213971327198
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61397134135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1397138173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS13971324243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O413971314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2239713,397145800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)213971317380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS213971339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81397139056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213971361156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO51397131516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS13971321482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21397132562



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