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Locality Name:
Anhua Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China


mindat Locality ID: 9846
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-9846.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anhua Co., Yiyang, Hunan, China": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Baiwu Mining District
Darongxi Mine
Fuzhuxi Sb-Au Deposit
Gaoming Mn Deposit
Liaojiaping Sb-W-Au Deposit
Meizidong Mn Deposit
Muguaxi Mn Deposit
Tongxin Sb Deposit
U Deposit No. 109
Yangqiaodong Mn Deposit
Zhazixi Mine

Latitude: 28°16'10"N
Longitude: 111°15'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.269444444444,111.26083333333

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn U W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenopyriteAutuniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidoteFeldspar
GarnetMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
RutileScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Autunite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Magnesionigerite-2N1S  (*)Magnesionigerite-6N6S  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Spessartine  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Torbernite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uranocircite-II  (*)
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)21405013419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1405018803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS340501,40502,405059052
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1405091272
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)540501,40504,40505,40507,4051127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2340501,40502,4050527198
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1405052600
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61405014135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2240504,405079895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1405018173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS240501,4050524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu340502,40503,4050530554
Magnesionigerite-2N1S  (*)None(Mg,Al,Zn)2(Al,Sn)6O11(OH)1405001
Magnesionigerite-6N6S  (*)None(Mg,Al,Zn)3(Al,Sn,Fe)8O15(OH)1405002
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21405015800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2340502,40505,4050717380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2840501,40502,40503,40504,40505,40507,40508,4051139462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21405043106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81405019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2740501,40502,40503,40505,40507,40508,4051161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)440504,40506,40507,405101711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)140504969
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)440501,40502,40505,405114894
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)31405041214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS240501,4050521482
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3540502,40503,40505,40508,405113418
Torbernite  (*)NoneCu(UO2)2(PO4)2·12H2O1405091059
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21405012562
Uranocircite-II  (*)NoneBa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10H2O14050989



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