Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Meigu Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 195073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-195073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Meigu Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Ganzhizhou Mine
Hongquizhen Quarry
Shuangmaoshan Epidote Mines

Latitude: 28°24'31"N
Longitude: 103°14'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 28.408611111111,103.23972222222

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.

Allophane	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Lepidocrocite	None	Prehnite
Quartz	Rhodonite

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Fe H O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Lepidocrocite None Prehnite
Quartz Rhodonite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Babingtonite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	43518	161
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43517	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	43518	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43518	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	43518,43519	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43517	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43518	14640
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	43517,43518	1898
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	43517,43518,43519	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	43517	6417

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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