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Locality Name:
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China


mindat Locality ID: 7317
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7317.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°3'11"N
Longitude: 114°58'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.053055555556,114.97861111111
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 B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al B Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ApophylliteBrauniteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidote
FluoriteGadoliniteIlvaiteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRocksaltSodalite
SpinelWollastonite

25 IMA Minerals at location:
Bornite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Delafossite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)Helvine  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hubeite  (*)Ilvaite  (*)Inesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Silver  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)0483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O02970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Delafossite  (*)NoneCu1+Fe3+O20144
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Fluorapophyllite-(Na)  (*)ApophylliteNaCa4Si8O20F·8H2O010
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Helvine  (*)Sodalite Cancrinite-sodaliteBe3Mn2+4(SiO4)3S0237
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hubeite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+Fe3+Si4O12(OH)·2H2O01
Ilvaite  (*)IlvaiteCaFe3+Fe2+2O(Si2O7)(OH)0197
Inesite  (*)NoneCa2Mn2+7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O050
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Silver  (*)CopperAg05186
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060964Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R060964
R070456Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, Chinahttps://rruff.info/R070456

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