Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chinkuashih Mine (Jinguashi Mine; Kinkwaseki Mine; Kinkaseki Mine), Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan

mindat Locality ID: 21188
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-21188.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chinkuashih Mine (Jinguashi Mine; Kinkwaseki Mine; Kinkaseki Mine), Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Chang-Len Level 1
Chang-Len Level 3
Pen-Shan Ore Body

Latitude: 25°6'20"N
Longitude: 121°51'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.105555555556,121.85916666667

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.

Adelite	Andalusite	Aragonite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Coronadite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Enargite	Epidote	Geocronite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite
Melonite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Nowackiite	Pharmacosiderite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Wurtzite	Zircon

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 Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Adelite Andalusite Aragonite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Coronadite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Enargite Epidote Geocronite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite
Melonite Mica None Not in a structural group Nowackiite Pharmacosiderite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite
Wurtzite Zircon

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Aktashite ()*	Alunite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bariopharmacosiderite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Conichalcite ()*
Covellite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*	Enargite ()*	Epidote ()*
Famatinite ()*	Galena ()*	Geocronite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gratonite ()*	Gruzdevite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Jamesonite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mercury ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Olivenite ()*
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Picropharmacolite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Schwertmannite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Seligmannite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Titanite ()*	Variscite ()*	Velikite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Zircon ()*
Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aktashite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃As₄S₁₂	0		22
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	115466,115467	966
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	0		5509
Bariopharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	Ba_0.5Fe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·5H₂O	0		150
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	115466,115467	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	115467	1089
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	115467	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	115467	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	115467	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	0		5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	115467	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	115465,115467	2600
Conichalcite ()*	Adelite	CaCu(AsO₄)(OH)	0		363
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	0		4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	0		481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		651
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	3	115465,115466,115467	910
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Famatinite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃SbS₄	1	115467	163
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	115467	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	115467	133
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	115466	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	115465,115466,115467	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Gratonite ()*	None	Pb₉As₄S₁₅	1	115467	24
Gruzdevite ()*	Nowackiite	Cu₆Hg₃Sb₄S₁₂	0		5
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	0		6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	0		784
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	115467	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	2	115465,115467	397
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		112
Olivenite ()*	Andalusite	Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH)	0		492
Pharmacosiderite ()*	Pharmacosiderite	KFe³⁺₄(AsO₄)₃(OH)₄·6-7H₂O	0		428
Picropharmacolite ()*	None	Ca₄Mg(AsO₃OH)₂(AsO₄)₂·11H₂O	0		99
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	115465,115466,115467	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	115465,115466,115467	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Schwertmannite ()*	Coronadite	Fe³⁺₁₆O₁₆(OH)_9.6(SO₄)_3.2·10H₂O	0		37
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	115467	1153
Seligmannite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbAsS₃	0		64
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	115467	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	115465	2045
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	115467	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	115467	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O	0		301
Velikite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂HgSnS₄	0		5
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	115465	372
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	0		5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R060390	Pen-Shan Ore Body, Chinkuashih Mine (Jinguashi Mine; Kinkwaseki Mine; Kinkaseki Mine), Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan Province, Taiwan	https://rruff.info/R060390

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