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:
Eastern Sawur Caldera Complex, Jimunay Co. (Jeminay Co.; Jeminey Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 144283
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144283.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Eastern Sawur Caldera Complex, Jimunay Co. (Jeminay Co.; Jeminey Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Buerkesidai Au Deposit (Bu's Au Deposit; Bushi Au Deposit)
Kuoerzhenkuola Mine (Kurzhenkuola Mine)

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite

Alunite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44599	966
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	44598	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	0		1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44598	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	44598,44599	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	44599	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44599	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	44598,44599	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	44598,44599	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	44598,44599	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	44598	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44599	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44599	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44599	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44599	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44598	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	44599	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44598,44599	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	44599	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	44598,44599	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	44598,44599	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	44598,44599	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	44598,44599	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44598	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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