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Locality Name:
Xixia Co., Nanyang, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 64738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-64738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xixia Co., Nanyang, Henan, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bamiao Rutile Deposit
Chongyanggou Rutile Deposit
Gaozhuang Au Deposit
Henanzhuang Au Deposit
Pipagou Au Deposit
Putang Au Deposit
Sangping Mine (Xixia Mine)
Shibangou Au Deposit
Zhuyuan Cu Deposit

Latitude: 33°27'4"N
Longitude: 111°24'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.451111111111,111.40527777778

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.

Alunite	Andalusite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sepiolite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Staurolite	Tetradymite	Titanite	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Azurite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Staurolite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sepiolite Sphalerite
Spinel Staurolite Tetradymite Titanite Tourmaline

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	39702,39705,39706,39709	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	39708	1310
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	39704	5509
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	39704,39706,39707,39708	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	39705	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	39704	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	39704,39705	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	39704,39709	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	39709	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39708	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	39704	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39702	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	39704	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	39704,39706,39709	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39708	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	39704,39706	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	39704,39706,39708,39709	17380
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	39704	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	7	39702,39704,39705,39706,39707,39708,39709	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	39704,39705	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	39704,39705,39706,39708,39709	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	39702,39703	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	39704	2705
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	0		241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	39704	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	39708	978
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	39702	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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