Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Dakalasu Mine (Dahalasu Mine), Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 135207
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-135207.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Dakalasu Mine (Dahalasu Mine), Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

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.

Beryl	Bismutite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Olivine	Phenakite	Pyrite	Quartz	Stibnite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysoberyl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	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 Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O S Si Ta Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Na Nb O S Si Ta Ti Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Bismutite Chalcopyrite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Mica
Molybdenite None Olivine Phenakite Pyrite Quartz Stibnite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)	716
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	518
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	326
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	99
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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