Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 216597
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216597.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qitaihe, Heilongjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Boli Co.

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar Jalpaite Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel

23 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)	1	39494	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	39494	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	39494	9052
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39494	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	39494	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39494	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39494	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	39494	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	39494	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39494	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	39494	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39494	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39494	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	39494	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	39494	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39494	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39494	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	39494	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39494	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39494	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	39494	61156
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	39494	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	39494	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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