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Bijiang District, Tongren, Guizhou, Chinai
Regional Level Types
Bijiang DistrictCounty
TongrenPrefecture-level City
GuizhouProvince
ChinaCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Tongren90,593 (2018)
Yangtou1,145 (2012)
Bahuang1,021 (2012)
Chuandong992 (2012)
Mulong519 (2018)
Wawu499 (2001)
Mindat Locality ID:
231348
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:231348:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Tongren County
Other Languages:
French:
Xian de Tongren, préfecture de Tongren, Guizhou, Chine
German:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Italian:
Contea di Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Cina
Russian:
Тунжэнь, Тунжэнь, Гуйчжоу, Китай
Simplified Chinese:
碧江区, 铜仁市, 贵州省, 中国
Spanish:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Arabic:
تونغران, تونغران, قويتشو, الصين
Basque:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Txina
Bengali:
তংরেন, তংরেন, কুইচৌ, গণচীন
Cebuano:
Tongren Xian , Tongren Diqu, Guizhou Sheng, Tsina
Danish:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Kina
Dutch:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Farsi/Persian:
شهرستان تونگرن, تانگرن, گوئیژو, جمهوری خلق چین
Finnish:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Kiina
Gan:
同仁县, 铜仁市, 貴州, 中國
Greek:
Τονγκρέν, Τονγκρέν, Κουεϊτσόου, Κίνα
Gujarati:
ટોંગરેન, ટોંગરેન, ગુઇઝોઉ, ચીન
Hindi:
टोंग्रेन, टोंग्रेन, गुइझोऊ, चीन
Indonesian:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Cina
Japanese:
同仁県, 銅仁市, 貴州省, 中国
Kannada:
ಟಾಂಗ್ರೆನ್, ಟಾಂಗ್ರೆನ್, ಗುಯಿಝೌ, ಚೀನಿ
Kapampangan:
Bijiang Distritu, Guizhou, Tsina
Kikuyu:
Tongren, Tongren, China
Korean:
퉁런현, 퉁런시, 구이저우성, 중국
Latvian:
Tongrena, Tongrena, Guidžou, Ķīna
Lithuanian:
Tongrenas, Tongrenas, Guidžou, Kinija
Malagasy:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Sina
Malay:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Marathi:
टोंग्रेन, टोंग्रेन, क्वीचौ, चीन
Min Dong Chinese:
Dè̤ng-ìng, Dè̤ng-ìng, Gói-ciŭ, Dṳ̆ng-huà Ìng-mìng Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Tông-jîn-koān, Tâng-jîn-chhī, Kùi-chiu-séng, Tiong-hôa
Norwegian:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Kina
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Kina
Polish:
Tongren, Tongren, Kuejczou, Chiny
Portuguese:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, China
Sinhalese:
ටොන්ග්රෙන්, ටොන්ග්රෙන්, ගුයිෂු, චීනය
Swedish:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Kina
Tamil:
டான்கிறேன், டான்கிறேன், குயிசூ, சீனா
Telugu:
తోంగ్రేం, తోంగ్రేం, గుయిజో, చైనా
Thai:
ตงเรน, ตงเรน, มณฑลกุ้ยโจว, ประเทศจีน
Tibetan (Standard):
ཐུང་རེན་, ཀུད་ཀྲོའུ་ཞིང་ཆེན།, རྒྱ་ནག
Traditional Chinese:
同仁縣, 銅仁, 貴州, 中國
Turkish:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Çin
Ukrainian:
Тунжень, Тунжень, Ґуйчжоу, Китай
Urdu:
تونگرین کاؤنٹی, تونگرن, گوئیژو, چین
Vietnamese:
Đồng Nhân, Đồng Nhân, Quý Châu, Trung Quốc
Waray:
Tongren, Guizhou, Tsina
Welsh:
Tongren, Tongren, Guizhou, Tsieina
Western Punjabi:
تونگرین, کوئیچو, چین
Wu Chinese:
同仁县, 铜仁市, 贵州省, 中国


Central part of the Tongren-Fenghuang belt of mercury deposits, that straddles the border between Hunan and Guizhou provinces, from Xinhuang (Hunan) in the southeast to Tongren (Guizhou) and then to Chatian, Machong, and Fenghuang (all three of them in Hunan) in the northeast. This mercury-bearing zone is 150 km long and 5 to 10 km wide, and its measured reserves of mercury account for 50% of the total mercury reserves of China. The main mining areas in this belt include Jiudiantang, Xiangjiadi, Wanshan, Lengfengdong, Yanwuping, Yunchangping (Dadongla), Hepingzhen, Chatian and Houziping. Each of these mines has produced at least a few cinnabar crystals, but most of the crystals are very small (<0.5 mm). Nearly all of the larger and finer crystals have been found in the mines lying in the belt's central segment, most notably the Wanshan, Yanwuping, Yunchangping and Chatian mines. The first three of these lie within the area of Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, while the Chatian mine lies in Fenghuang County, Hunan Province.

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19 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3A
'Apatite var. Collophane'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Aragonite
Formula: CaCO3
References:
Arsenopyrite
Formula: FeAsS
Baryte
Formula: BaSO4
Calcite
Formula: CaCO3
Cinnabar
Formula: HgS
Habit: Modified rhombs and penetration twins to several cm
Colour: Blood red on dolomite, dark red on quartz
Fluorescence: none
Description: This region has produced the world's finest cinnabars. Great specimen in Natural History Museum, Oslo 11 x 7 cm, pre 1895 [see Bancroft, Peter (1973) The World's Finest Minerals and Crystals].
Dolomite
Formula: CaMg(CO3)2
'Feldspar Group'
Fluorite
Formula: CaF2
Galena
Formula: PbS
Graphite
Formula: C
References:
boyuan zhang CollectionIdentified by boyuan zhang: Visual Identification
Jamesonite
Formula: Pb4FeSb6S14
'Limonite'
Marcasite
Formula: FeS2
Metacinnabar
Formula: HgS
Muscovite
Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
'Petroleum var. Bitumen'
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Siderite
Formula: FeCO3
Sphalerite
Formula: ZnS
Stibnite
Formula: Sb2S3
Habit: crystals to 22 cm
Colour: grey black
Fluorescence: none
Uraninite
Formula: UO2
Uraninite var. Pitchblende
Formula: UO2

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
Graphite1.CB.05aC
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Metacinnabar2.CB.05aHgS
Sphalerite2.CB.05aZnS
Galena2.CD.10PbS
Cinnabar2.CD.15aHgS
Stibnite2.DB.05Sb2S3
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Marcasite2.EB.10aFeS2
Arsenopyrite2.EB.20FeAsS
Jamesonite2.HB.15Pb4FeSb6S14
Group 3 - Halides
Fluorite3.AB.25CaF2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Uraninite
var. Pitchblende
4.DL.05UO2
4.DL.05UO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Calcite5.AB.05CaCO3
Siderite5.AB.05FeCO3
Dolomite5.AB.10CaMg(CO3)2
Aragonite5.AB.15CaCO3
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
Baryte7.AD.35BaSO4
Group 9 - Silicates
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Unclassified
'Feldspar Group'-
'Limonite'-
'Petroleum
var. Bitumen'
-
'Apatite
var. Collophane'
-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
''-Ca5(PO4)3A

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
H Apatite var. CollophaneCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CCarbon
C AragoniteCaCO3
C CalciteCaCO3
C DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
C GraphiteC
C SideriteFeCO3
OOxygen
O AragoniteCaCO3
O BaryteBaSO4
O CalciteCaCO3
O DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O Uraninite var. PitchblendeUO2
O QuartzSiO2
O SideriteFeCO3
O UraniniteUO2
O Apatite var. CollophaneCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
FFluorine
F FluoriteCaF2
F Apatite var. CollophaneCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
MgMagnesium
Mg DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
AlAluminium
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P Apatite var. CollophaneCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
SSulfur
S ArsenopyriteFeAsS
S BaryteBaSO4
S CinnabarHgS
S GalenaPbS
S JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
S MarcasiteFeS2
S MetacinnabarHgS
S PyriteFeS2
S SphaleriteZnS
S StibniteSb2S3
ClChlorine
Cl Apatite var. CollophaneCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
CaCalcium
Ca AragoniteCaCO3
Ca CalciteCaCO3
Ca DolomiteCaMg(CO3)2
Ca FluoriteCaF2
Ca Apatite var. CollophaneCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3A
FeIron
Fe ArsenopyriteFeAsS
Fe JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
Fe MarcasiteFeS2
Fe PyriteFeS2
Fe SideriteFeCO3
ZnZinc
Zn SphaleriteZnS
AsArsenic
As ArsenopyriteFeAsS
SbAntimony
Sb JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
Sb StibniteSb2S3
BaBarium
Ba BaryteBaSO4
HgMercury
Hg CinnabarHgS
Hg MetacinnabarHgS
PbLead
Pb GalenaPbS
Pb JamesonitePb4FeSb6S14
UUranium
U Uraninite var. PitchblendeUO2
U UraniniteUO2

Fossils

There are 15 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences15
Youngest Fossil Listed505 Ma (Cambrian)
Oldest Fossil Listed516 Ma (Cambrian)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Aoxi - II4513 - 505 Ma (Cambrian)
Aoxi - I11516 - 513 Ma (Cambrian)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Oryctocephalops
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Oryctocephalidae : Oryctocephalops516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Kunmingaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Kunmingaspis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Kootenia
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : Kootenia516 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Mufushania nankingensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Mufushania : Mufushania nankingensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Balangcunaspis transversus
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Balangcunaspis : Balangcunaspis transversus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Probowmania balangensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Probowmania : Probowmania balangensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Changaspis placenta
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Oryctocephalidae : Changaspis : Changaspis placenta516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Fuchouia (Parafuchouia)
subgenus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dolichometopidae : Fuchouia : Fuchouia (Parafuchouia)513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Xiangqianaspis
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Antagmidae : Xiangqianaspis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Deiradonyx tongrenensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dolichometopidae : Deiradonyx : Deiradonyx tongrenensis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Parafuchouia prompta
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dolichometopidae : Fuchouia : Parafuchouia prompta513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Solenopleurina xingrenensis
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Solenopleuridae : Solenopleurina : Solenopleurina xingrenensis513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Ovatoryctocara granulata
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Oryctocephalidae : Ovatoryctocara : Ovatoryctocara granulata516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijiang,_Tongren
Wikidata ID:Q1130793
GeoNames ID:1792590

Localities in this Region

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