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Locality Name:
Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China


mindat Locality ID: 207540
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-207540.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan, Guangdong, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Gudong U Occurrence
Meihua Sb Deposit
Ruyuan Fluorite Mine
Zhaibeiding REE Deposit

Latitude: 25°14'0"N
Longitude: 113°6'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.233333333333,113.11638888889
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 Ca F Fe H Hg O P S Sb Si U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AutuniteClayCorundumFluoriteKaoliniteNonePyriteQuartzStibnite

10 IMA Minerals at location:
Autunite  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Stibnite  (*)Uraninite  (*)Uranophane-α  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O1380731272
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS1380742600
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21380759617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O313807314640
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41380765591
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2338073,38074,3807539462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO213807561156
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S31380743418
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21380732718
Uranophane-α  (*)NoneCa(UO2)2(SiO3OH)2·5H2O138073890


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