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:
Shimian Co., Ya'an, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 134899
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134899.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shimian Co., Ya'an, Sichuan, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Dashuigou Te-polymetallic Deposit
Jianshibao Asbestos Mine
Jinjitai Au Deposit (Jinjitaizi Au Deposit)
Pushagang Au Deposit
Shimian Cu-Ni-(PGE) Deposit
Shimian Mine (Sichuan Asbestos Mine)
Tianwan Gold Field
Wajiaoba
Xinkang Asbestos Mine

Latitude: 29°17'43"N
Longitude: 102°9'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 29.295277777778,102.155

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.

Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Melonite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sepiolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

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 F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Hydrotalcite Malachite Melonite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sepiolite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

56 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Anorthite ()*
Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Borovskite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calaverite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*
Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Moncheite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Platinum ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sepiolite ()*	Silver ()*	Skinnerite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stützite ()*	Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tsumoite ()*
Vulcanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	2	43685,43697	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	43685	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	43685,43690	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	43685	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	43697	1036
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43690	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	43687	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	43697	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	43687,43691	5509
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	43685	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	43685	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	43687	5516
Borovskite ()*	None	Pd₃SbTe₄	1	43689	7
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	43690,43698	462
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	43685	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	43685,43687,43690,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696,43698	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	43685,43687,43689,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	43690,43698	951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9	43685,43687,43690,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696,43698	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43687	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	6	43687,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	8	43685,43687,43688,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	43685	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	2	43685,43687	804
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	2	43690,43698	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	3	43686,43690,43698	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	43697	5433
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	43690	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43690,43697	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	43687,43691	12537
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	43689	155
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	43689	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	9	43685,43687,43688,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696,43697	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	43689	1512
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	43689	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	43685,43687,43689,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696,43697	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	43685,43689	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	43685,43687,43690,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43685	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	43687	4894
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1	43698	241
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	43685	5186
Skinnerite ()*	None	Cu₃SbS₃	1	43687	11
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	43689	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	43685,43687,43691	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	43686	1934
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	43685	92
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	43690	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	43685	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	43685	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	43687	1803
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	2	43685,43691	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	7	43685,43687,43692,43693,43694,43695,43696	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	43690,43698	2562
Tsumoite ()*	Tetradymite	BiTe	1	43685	100
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe	1	43685	11

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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