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


mindat Locality ID: 147159
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147159.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xichang REE Occurrence, Taihe Intrusion, Xichang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
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: Al Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Th Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleBaryteBastnäsiteCalciteChalcopyriteChevkiniteClayFeldsparFluoriteGarnet
MicaNonePyrochlorePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileScheeliteSpinelZircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)
Arfvedsonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Thorite  (*)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)203419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O601022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O60286
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20295
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F0304
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2089
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Oxycalciopyrochlore  (*)PyrochloreCa2Nb2O6O011
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO401655


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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