Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 305.6
Youngest recorded age at locality: 272

mindat Locality ID: 144050
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144050.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 48°19'11"N
Longitude: 86°2'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 48.319722222222,86.049444444444

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.

Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Marcasite
Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Tetradymite

Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mo Na O Pb S Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Marcasite
Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Tetradymite

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	305.6	272	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	305.6	272	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	305.6	272	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	305.6	272	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	305.6	272	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	305.6	272	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	305.6	272	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	305.6	272	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	305.6	272	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	305.6	272	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	305.6	272	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	305.6	272	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	305.6	272	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	305.6	272	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	305.6	272	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	305.6	272	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	300.3	283.56	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	305.6	272	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	305.6	272	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	305.6	272	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	305.6	272	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	305.6	272	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	305.6	272	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	305.6	272	21482

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
AGS78_506-00003	292.3	286.1	289.2±3.1	Ar-Ar	muscovite	Muscovite	144050	Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Saidu	Yan et al. (2004)		AGS78_506
AGS78_506-00004	300.3	283.56	291.93±8.37	Ar-Ar	muscovite	Muscovite	144050	Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Saidu	Yan et al. (2004)		AGS78_506
JAES32_204-00007	293.8	291.8	292.8±1.0	Ar-Ar			144050	Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Saidu	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204
JAES32_204-00008	305.6	272	272 to 305.6	Rb-Sr			144050	Tuokuzibayi Mine (Saidu Mine; Saidou Mine; Saiduo Mine), Habahe Co. (Kaba Co.; Qaba Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Saidu	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204

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