Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Liba Au Deposit, Li Co., Longnan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 134938
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-134938.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liba Au Deposit, Li Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 34°21'40"N
Longitude: 105°4'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.361111111111,105.07083333333

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	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Feldspar	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cordierite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum
Feldspar Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1008
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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