Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Santianmen Au-polymetallic Deposit, Yunxi Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 255034
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-255034.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Santianmen Au-polymetallic Deposit, Yunxi Co., Shiyan, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Acanthite	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Covellite	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Graphite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Covellite Feldspar Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Zircon

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	352
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	369
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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