Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mao'erling Mine, Dafang Au-Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 243231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-243231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mao'erling Mine, Dafang Au-Ag-Pb-Zn Deposit, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite	Melonite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Böhmite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Stützite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Te Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Au C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Te Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Braunite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite
Lepidocrocite Melonite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	195
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	92
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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