Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Chongqing, China

mindat Locality ID: 123279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-123279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chongqing, China": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 32

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Chengkou Co.
Dazu Co.
Hechuan District
Nanchuan District
Pengshui Co.
Qianjiang District
Qijiang District
Shizhu Co.
Tongliang Co.
Wushan Co.
Wuxi Co.
Xiushan Co.
Youyang Co.
Yunyang Co.

Latitude: 29°38'58"N
Longitude: 108°4'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.649444444444,108.08055555556

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore
Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite

Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrozincite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Siderite ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore
Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	3	37224,37237,37239	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	37206,37224	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	2	37217,37224	2162
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	7	37204,37220,37221,37237,37239,37240,37242	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	37200	83
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	37204	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	20	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208,37209,37212,37220,37224,37225,37226,37227,37229,37233,37237,37239,37240,37242	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	4	37212,37214,37231,37243	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37209,37224	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	37233	577
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	37240,37242	2600
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	3	37216,37217,37218	481
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	14	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208,37212,37229,37233,37237,37239,37240,37242	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	3	37220,37221,37242	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37229,37242	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	37212,37224	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37233	14640
Hydrozincite ()*	None	Zn₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	1	37229	1066
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	10	37202,37203,37205,37206,37207,37208,37217,37218,37224,37233	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	9	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208,37237,37239	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37204	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37224	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37209,37220,37224	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37204	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	37202,37204,37211,37217,37224,37225,37226,37227,37233,37235,37237,37239,37245	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	7	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208,37209,37220,37224,37225,37226,37227,37233,37237,37239,37240,37242	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	9	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208,37237,37239	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	37224,37233	6417
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	37229	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37229,37242	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	37240	3418
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	37212	589
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	37200	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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