Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wengquan'gou Boron Deposit, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China

mindat Locality ID: 143315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wengquan'gou Boron Deposit, Fengcheng Co., Dandong, Liaoning, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Wengquan'gou North Mine
Wengquan'gou South Mine

Latitude: 40°37'44"N
Longitude: 123°47'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.628888888889,123.79972222222

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	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Humite	Lepidocrocite	Ludwigite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine
Spinel	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Edenite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Graphite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Ludwigite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Suanite ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vonsenite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti U

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Humite Lepidocrocite Ludwigite
Mica Nickeline None Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Serpentine
Spinel Talc

31 IMA Minerals at location:

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	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	0		8803
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	0		462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	0		285
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	0		236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	0		160
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	0		581
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	0		134
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	0		229
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	0		1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42005	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		4924
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	0		1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	0		9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	0		5614
Suanite ()*	None	Mg₂B₂O₅	0		16
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	1	42005	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	0		2718
Vonsenite ()*	Ludwigite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	0		62

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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