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Locality Name:
Yinyan Sn Deposit, Xinyi Co., Maoming, Guangdong, China

mindat Locality ID: 192850
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192850.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yinyan Sn Deposit, Xinyi Co., Maoming, Guangdong, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 22°21'0"N
Longitude: 111°20'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 22.35,111.33333333333

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.

Arsenic	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetrahedrite	Topaz	Tungstite	Zircon

Bismite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Topaz ()*	Tungstite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Sb Si Sn W Y Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetrahedrite Topaz Tungstite Zircon

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Bismite ()*	None	Bi₂O₃	214
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Tungstite ()*	Tungstite	WO₃·H₂O	118
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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