Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tuquan Co., Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 216750
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216750.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuquan Co., Hinggan League (Xing'an Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chentaitun Cu Deposit
Lianhuashan Mine
Naoniushan Cu-(Au) Deposit

Latitude: 45°41'59"N
Longitude: 121°43'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.699722222222,121.72916666667

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.

Allargentum	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Polybasite	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*
Polybasite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allargentum Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Polybasite Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	40777,40778	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40777	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	40776,40777,40778	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	40778	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	40776,40778	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	40776,40777	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	40776	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	40776,40777,40778	27198
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	1	40777	180
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	40777,40778	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	40777,40778	24243
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	40778	223
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	40777	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	40776,40777,40778	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40777	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	40778	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	40776	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	40778	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	40776,40777,40778	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	40777	2994
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	1	40777	716
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	40777	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	40776,40777,40778	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	40777,40778	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	40776,40777,40778	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	40776,40777,40778	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	40776,40777	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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