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Kaolinite from
Gushan Mine, Zhonggu Fe ore field (Zhongshan-Gushan Fe ore field; Zhonggushan Fe ore field), Dangtu County, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Kaolinite
Formula:Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Kaolinite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Gushan Mine, Zhonggu Fe ore field (Zhongshan-Gushan Fe ore field; Zhonggushan Fe ore field), Dangtu County, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:747188
Long-form Identifier:1:3:747188:9
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Kaolinite
2.9km (1.8 miles) ⓘZhongjiu-Gushan deposit, Ningwu Mining District, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘBaixiangshan Mine, Zhonggu Fe ore field (Zhongshan-Gushan Fe ore field; Zhonggushan Fe ore field), Dangtu County, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
4.3km (2.7 miles) ⓘLongshan Fe Mine, Ningwu Mining District, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
4.7km (2.9 miles) ⓘZhongjiu Mine (Zhongshan-Jiulianshan Mine), Zhonggu Fe ore field (Zhongshan-Gushan Fe ore field; Zhonggushan Fe ore field), Dangtu County, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
22.1km (13.8 miles) ⓘHeshangqiao Fe deposit, Dangtu County, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
25.7km (16.0 miles) ⓘAoshan Fe Mine, Aoshan iron ore field (Xiangshan iron ore field), Yushan District, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
26.5km (16.5 miles) ⓘTaocun Mine, Aoshan iron ore field (Xiangshan iron ore field), Yushan District, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
37.4km (23.2 miles) ⓘTongjing Au-Cu deposit, Jiangning District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
40.2km (24.9 miles) ⓘChating Cu–Au deposit, Nanling-Xuancheng ore district, Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng, Anhui, China
41.2km (25.6 miles) ⓘHuashan clay deposit, Hanshan County, Ma'anshan, Anhui, China
References
Jinglin Yu and Yunjia Zhao (1977): Geology and Prospecting 13(1), 22-24
Zhangru Zhu (1993): Geology and Prospecting 29(4), 13-18
Yue Wang, Xiangkun Zhu, Jingwen Mao, and Yanbo Cheng (2014): Mineral Deposits 33(4), 689-696
Liu, Zhen, Yang, Xiaoyong, Liu, Chunming, Huang, Dezhi, Zhou, Weijian, Teng, Xia, Liang, Enyun, Dai, Tagen (2018) Genesis of Early Cretaceous porphyrite-type iron deposits and related sub-volcanic rocks in the Ningwu Volcanic Basin, Middle-Lower Yangtze Metallogenic Belt, Southeast China. International Geology Review, 60 (11) 1507-1528 doi:10.1080/00206814.2017.1419883
 
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