Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 345
Youngest recorded age at locality: 235

mindat Locality ID: 157169
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157169.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Caixia Pb-Zn Deposit (Caixiashan Pb-Zn Deposit)
Harla Au Deposit
Kan'ernan Fe Deposit
Kanggur-Xifengshan Gold Belt
Kumtag Basin
Liuhuangshan Cu-Pb-Zn Deposit
Qiaogashan Au Deposit
Qishitan Au Deposit
Shilipo Cu Deposit
Shiyingtan Mine (Xitan Mine)
Wunan Au Deposit
Xiaorequanzi Mine
Yanjianpo Au Deposit
Yuanbaoshan Au Deposit

Latitude: 42°0'30"N
Longitude: 90°28'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.008333333333,90.475555555556

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite	Baryte	Blödite
Bournonite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copiapite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Fluorite	Ganomalite	Gypsum
Halotrichite	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Starkeyite
Talc	Tamarugite	Tetrahedrite	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 C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn N Na O P Pb S Sb Se Si Sr Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Atacamite Baryte Blödite
Bournonite Brochantite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copiapite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Fluorite Ganomalite Gypsum
Halotrichite Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Starkeyite
Talc Tamarugite Tetrahedrite Wurtzite Zircon

90 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Alunite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Ankerite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Blödite ()*	Bonattite ()*	Bornite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Caracolite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Clausthalite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Darapskite ()*
Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Felsőbányaite ()*
Fibroferrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ganomalite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hexahydrite ()*	Hidalgoite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Laumontite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Natroalunite ()*	Natrojarosite ()*
Niter ()*	Nitratine ()*	Nitrocalcite ()*	Opal ()*	Osarizawaite ()*
Pickeringite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rozenite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sideronatrite ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Svanbergite ()*	Sylvite ()*	Szomolnokite ()*
Talc ()*	Tamarugite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thénardite ()*
Todorokite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Yavapaiite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	44428	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	345	345	1	44446	489
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	298	235	3	44432,44440,44444	966
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	298	266	2	44426,44432	2734
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	298	266	1	44432	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	298	266	1	44432	3092
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	295	235	1	44444	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	345	235	5	44426,44432,44437,44444,44446	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	345	266	2	44432,44446	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	345	235	2	44444,44446	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	298	235	4	44426,44432,44440,44444	11547
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	298	266	1	44432	130
Bonattite ()*	None	Cu(SO₄)·3H₂O	345	345	1	44446	21
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	345	266	5	44426,44428,44432,44440,44446	5516
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃			1	44426	1089
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	345	345	1	44446	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	345	235	12	44426,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44437,44442,44444,44446,44448	27770
Caracolite ()*	Apatite	Na₂(Pb₂Na)(SO₄)₃Cl	298	266	1	44432	20
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			2	44426,44440	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	345	266	3	44426,44432,44446	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	345	235	4	44432,44440,44444,44446	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	345	235	18	44426,44427,44428,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44436,44437,44440,44442,44444,44445,44446,44447,44448	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	345	345	1	44446	3531
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe	345	345	1	44446	281
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	44426	1756
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	345	345	1	44446	966
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	345	345	2	44443,44446	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	345	235	6	44426,44432,44440,44443,44444,44446	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	345	345	1	44446	802
Darapskite ()*	None	Na₃(SO₄)(NO₃)·H₂O			1	44439	31
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	345	345	2	44426,44446	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	44428	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	298	266	12	44426,44428,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44440,44442,44445,44448	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	345	235	4	44428,44443,44444,44446	8173
Felsőbányaite ()*	None	Al₄(SO₄)(OH)₁₀·4H₂O	298	266	1	44432	66
Fibroferrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Fe³⁺(SO₄)(OH)·5H₂O			1	44440	107
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	345	345	1	44446	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	345	266	13	44426,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44436,44437,44440,44442,44446,44448	24243
Ganomalite ()*	Ganomalite	Pb₉Ca₆(Si₂O₇)₄(SiO₄)O			1	44440	6
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	298	266	3	44426,44432,44440	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	345	235	16	44427,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44436,44437,44441,44442,44444,44445,44446,44447,44448	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	345	345	2	44426,44446	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	345	266	10	44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44440,44442,44446,44448	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	298	266	2	44432,44439	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	298	235	12	44428,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44436,44437,44442,44444,44448	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	298	266	1	44432	251
Hidalgoite ()*	Alunite	PbAl₃(SO₄)(AsO₄)(OH)₆	298	266	1	44432	57
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	345	266	4	44426,44432,44440,44446	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	345	235	3	44440,44444,44446	5591
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	295	235	1	44444	1271
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	44428	229
Magnesiocopiapite ()*	Copiapite	MgFe³⁺₄(SO₄)₆(OH)₂·20H₂O	298	266	1	44432	54
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	345	266	11	44428,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44442,44443,44446,44448	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	345	235	5	44432,44440,44443,44444,44446	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	295	235	2	44426,44444	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	345	266	3	44426,44432,44446	915
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	295	235	1	44444	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	345	235	17	44426,44427,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44436,44437,44440,44442,44444,44445,44446,44447,44448	17380
Natroalunite ()*	Alunite	NaAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	298	266	1	44432	128
Natrojarosite ()*	Alunite	NaFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	298	266	1	44432	254
Niter ()*	None	K(NO₃)	298	266	1	44432	181
Nitratine ()*	Calcite	Na(NO₃)	298	266	2	44432,44439	91
Nitrocalcite ()*	None	Ca(NO₃)₂·4H₂O	298	266	1	44432	46
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	295	235	1	44444	2994
Osarizawaite ()*	Alunite	Pb(Al₂Cu²⁺)(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	298	266	1	44432	64
Pickeringite ()*	Halotrichite	MgAl₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	298	266	1	44432	265
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	44426	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	345	235	18	44426,44427,44428,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44436,44437,44440,44442,44444,44445,44446,44447,44448	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	345	266	13	44426,44428,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44440,44442,44446,44447,44448	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	345	235	19	44426,44427,44428,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44436,44437,44440,44441,44442,44443,44444,44445,44446,44448	61156
Rozenite ()*	Starkeyite	Fe²⁺(SO₄)·4H₂O	298	266	1	44432	293
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	345	345	1	44446	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	298	266	2	44426,44432	6417
Sideronatrite ()*	None	Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O	298	266	1	44432	73
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	295	235	1	44444	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			2	44426,44440	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	345	266	12	44426,44430,44431,44432,44433,44434,44435,44437,44440,44442,44446,44448	21482
Svanbergite ()*	Alunite	SrAl₃(SO₄)(PO₄)(OH)₆	298	266	1	44432	105
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	298	266	1	44432	275
Szomolnokite ()*	Kieserite	Fe(SO₄)·H₂O	345	345	1	44446	139
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44426	3337
Tamarugite ()*	Tamarugite	NaAl(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	298	266	1	44432	87
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	345	345	1	44446	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	345	235	5	44426,44437,44440,44444,44446	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	298	266	2	44432,44439	299
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	298	266	1	44432	433
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	44426,44428	2562
Yavapaiite ()*	None	KFe³⁺(SO₄)₂	298	266	1	44432	8
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	345	345	1	44446	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	44426,44443	1025

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
JAES32_204-00003	297.6	277.3	290.4±7.2 to 282.3±5	Rb-Sr		144156	Kanggu'er Au Deposit (Kanggur Au Deposit; Kangur Au Deposit; Kanggul Au Deposit; Kanggur Tag Au Deposit; Kanggu'ertage Au Deposit), Kanggur-Xifengshan Gold Belt, Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Kanggur	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00004	298	266	282±16	Rb-Sr		144156	Kanggu'er Au Deposit (Kanggur Au Deposit; Kangur Au Deposit; Kanggul Au Deposit; Kanggur Tag Au Deposit; Kanggu'ertage Au Deposit), Kanggur-Xifengshan Gold Belt, Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Kanggur	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00005	295	269	288±7 to 276±7	Rb-Sr		144086	Shiyingtan Mine (Xitan Mine), Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Shiyingtan	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204
Kristen002285	253	235	244±9			144086	Shiyingtan Mine (Xitan Mine), Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Shiyingtan Au Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
vms-00417	345	345	Early Carboniferous		S	144055	Xiaorequanzi Mine, Shanshan Co. (Piqan Co.; Pichan Co.), Tulufan Prefecture (Turfan Prefecture; Turpan Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Xiaorequanzi	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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