Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kaixinling Fe Deposit, Tuotuohe Area (Tuotuo River Area), Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 254884
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-254884.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaixinling Fe Deposit, Tuotuohe Area (Tuotuo River Area), Golmud Co. (Ge'ermu Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°4'0"N
Longitude: 92°21'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.066666666667,92.35

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.

Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*

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: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Brookite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite
Mica None Quartz Rutile Spinel

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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