Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yuxi Ag Deposit, Hami Co. (Kumul Co.; Qumul Co.), Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 192142
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-192142.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yuxi Ag Deposit, Hami Co. (Kumul Co.; Qumul Co.), Hami Prefecture (Kumul Prefecture; Qumul Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°37'25"N
Longitude: 93°41'35"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.623611111111,93.693055555556

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.

Acanthite	Allargentum	Alunite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Allargentum ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Dioptase ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dyscrasite ()*
Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hessite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stephanite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allargentum Alunite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite
Tetrahedrite

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allargentum ()*	Allargentum	Ag_1-xSb_x (x ≈ 0.09-0.16)	69
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1382
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Dioptase ()*	None	CuSiO₃·H₂O	164
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Dyscrasite ()*	Allargentum	Ag_3+xSb_1-x (x ≈ 0.2)	180
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	586
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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