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Locality Name:
Taihe Intrusion, Xichang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China


mindat Locality ID: 225538
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225538.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taihe Intrusion, Xichang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Taihe Mine
Xichang REE Occurrence

Latitude: 27°54'49"N
Longitude: 102°7'44"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.913611111111,102.12888888889
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Fe H Na O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayCorundumFeldsparFluorite
GarnetMicaNonePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinel
TitaniteZircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Riebeckite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Wulfenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21435463419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O61435461022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6143546286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)1435468803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31435461534
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2143546295
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)14354611547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F143546304
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)14354627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS214354627198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)214354689
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS14354624243
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31435455433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4243545,4354614899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1435464924
Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)PyrochloreCa2Nb2O6O14354611
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21435462273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO214354661156
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21435465614
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)1435461006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21435462562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO21435462718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41435461655


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