Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Shimen Deposit (Huangchang Deposit), Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China

mindat Locality ID: 216696
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216696.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shimen Deposit (Huangchang Deposit), Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine)

Latitude: 29°34'22"N
Longitude: 111°17'8"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.572777777778,111.28555555556

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.

Arsenolite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite
Sulphur	Vivianite

Arsenolite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Christite ()*	Claudetite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hörnesite ()*
Jankovićite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pharmacolite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rebulite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Vrbaite ()*	Weilite ()*

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: As Ba C Ca F Fe H Hg Mg O S Sb Si Tl

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenolite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum None Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Stibnite
Sulphur Vivianite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenolite ()*	Arsenolite	As₂O₃	1	40128	231
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	40128	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40128	27770
Christite ()*	None	TlHgAsS₃	1	40128	6
Claudetite ()*	None	As₂O₃	1	40128	35
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	40128	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40128	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	40128	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	40128	6890
Hörnesite ()*	Vivianite	Mg₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	40128	103
Jankovićite ()*	None	Tl₅Sb₉(As,Sb)₄S₂₂	1	40128	2
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	40128	511
Pharmacolite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(AsO₃OH)·2H₂O	1	40128	105
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	1	40128	99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	40128	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	40128	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	40128	712
Rebulite ()*	None	Tl₅Sb₅As₈S₂₂	1	40128	2
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	40128	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	40128	2045
Vrbaite ()*	None	Hg₃Tl₄As₈Sb₂S₂₀	1	40128	5
Weilite ()*	None	Ca(AsO₃OH)	1	40128	19

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060107	Jiepaiyu Mine (Shimen Mine), Shimen Deposit (Huangchang Deposit), Shimen Co., Changde, Hunan, China	https://rruff.info/R060107

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