Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wanshan District, Tongren, Guizhou, China

mindat Locality ID: 4511
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4511.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wanshan District, Tongren, Guizhou, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Shanmudong Mine
Tiemenshuan Mn Deposit
Wanshan Mine
Xiaxi Mn Deposit
Yanwuping Mine

Latitude: 27°33'30"N
Longitude: 109°11'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.558333333333,109.18333333333

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.

Baryte	Calcite	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite

Alabandite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Mercury ()*	Metacinnabar ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tiemannite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca Fe Hg Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Se Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	38945	312
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	38944,38945	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	38944,38945	27770
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	3	38942,38944,38946	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	38942,38944,38945,38946	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	38944	24243
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	38945	234
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	38944	397
Metacinnabar ()*	Sphalerite	HgS	1	38944	255
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	38944	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	38944,38945	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	38942,38944,38945,38946	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	38944	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	38943,38945	1711
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	38944	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	38944	3418
Tiemannite ()*	Sphalerite	HgSe	1	38944	83

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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