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Locality Name:
Lang Vai Mining District, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam


mindat Locality ID: 306732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-306732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lang Vai Mining District, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Khoun Puc
Lang Vai Deposit
Lung Luong Mine
Pu Bo Mine

Latitude: 22°16'14"N
Longitude: 105°17'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.270555555556,105.29555555556
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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Sb Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Ca O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicArsenopyriteBerthieriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteChalcostibiteClayCopperCovellite
DiasporeKobelliteMicaNonePyritePyrochloreQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteStibnite
TetrahedriteZinkenite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Antimony  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Berthierite  (*)Bindheimite  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chalcostibite  (*)
Covellite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Heteromorphite  (*)
Jamesonite  (*)Kobellite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scorodite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stibnite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Valentinite  (*)
Zinkenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Antimony  (*)ArsenicSb1294872363
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2294871,2948729052
Berthierite  (*)BerthieriteFeSb2S41294872343
Bindheimite  (*)PyrochlorePb2Sb5+2O72294873,294874450
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi12948711966
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S113294871,294873,294874843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS33294871,294873,2948741089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22294871,29487227198
Chalcostibite  (*)ChalcostibiteCuSbS22294871,294872162
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS2294873,2948744165
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3294871,294873,29487424243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)3294871,294873,2948747437
Gold  (*)CopperAu4294871,294872,294873,29487430554
Heteromorphite  (*)NonePb7Sb8S192294873,29487438
Jamesonite  (*)NonePb4FeSb6S142294871,294872784
Kobellite  (*)KobellitePb11(Cu,Fe)2(Bi,Sb)15S35129487187
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22294873,29487417380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24294871,294872,294873,29487439462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24294871,294872,294873,29487461156
Scorodite  (*)NoneFe3+(AsO4)·2H2O12948711153
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4294871,294872,294873,29487421482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S312948723418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1312948725317
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O33294871,294873,294874369
Zinkenite  (*)ZinkenitePb9Sb22S422294871,294872228


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