Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yangshan Au Deposit, Wen Co., Longnan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 134697
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134697.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yangshan Au Deposit, Wen Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Anba Mine
Caopingliang Mine

Latitude: 33°2'46"N
Longitude: 104°40'9"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.046111111111,104.66916666667

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	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite
Zinkenite	Zircon

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite
Zinkenite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	37753	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	0		11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	0		843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	0		1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37753	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37753	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37753	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37753	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37753	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37753	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	0		5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	0		5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	0		1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37753	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	0		511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	37753	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	37753	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	0		712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	37753	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	37753	3418
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	0		276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	0		5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	0		228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37753	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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