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Acanthite from
Xiaoyingpan Mine (Xiaoyinpan Mine; Zhangjiakou Mine), Xiaozhangjiakou gold field, Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Acanthite
Formula:Ag2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Acanthite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Xiaoyingpan Mine (Xiaoyinpan Mine; Zhangjiakou Mine), Xiaozhangjiakou gold field, Xuanhua District, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:719722
Long-form Identifier:1:3:719722:2
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Acanthite
30.8km (19.1 miles) ⓘXiangguang Ag-Mn deposit, Zhuolu County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
49.1km (30.5 miles) ⓘYanjiagou Au deposit, Huailai County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, China
71.5km (44.4 miles) ⓘXiaoligou Cu-Fe deposit, Futuyu-Mujicun ore field, Laiyuan County, Baoding, Hebei, China
72.9km (45.3 miles) ⓘFutuyu Cu-Fe deposit, Futuyu-Mujicun ore field, Laiyuan County, Baoding, Hebei, China
73.0km (45.4 miles) ⓘGeziling Cu-Fe deposit, Futuyu-Mujicun ore field, Laiyuan County, Baoding, Hebei, China
75.5km (46.9 miles) ⓘMuji Mine (Mujicun Mine), Futuyu-Mujicun ore field, Laiyuan County, Baoding, Hebei, China
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘDiaoquan Cu-Ag deposit, Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi, China
References
Shiqi Wang, Zhiguo Mu, and Chengye Chen (1985): Mineral Deposits 4(1), 84-89, 30
Poulsen, K.H., Taylor, B.E., Robert, F., Mortensen, J.K., Baoqin Lin, Ling Shang, Ershu Shen, and Lidong Zhang (1990): Report on the Sino-Canadian Gold Project 1987-1990. Geological Survey of Canada Open-File Report 2510
 
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