Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Anshan, Liaoning, China

mindat Locality ID: 143325
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143325.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Anshan, Liaoning, China": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Haicheng Co.
Qianshan District
Xiuyan Co.

Latitude: 40°39'55"N
Longitude: 123°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.665277777778,123.06666666667

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Corundum
Diamond	Feldspar	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Post-spinel
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Staurolite
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coesite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Laihunite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Maohokite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Reidite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Tremolite ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Corundum
Diamond Feldspar Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Post-spinel
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Staurolite
Talc Tetrahedrite Zircon

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41896	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	41884,41893	3092
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41900	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	41878,41894,41896,41899,41901	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	41885	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	41878,41880	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	41878,41894	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	41902	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	41878,41879,41880,41884,41893,41894,41896,41899,41902	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	41878	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	41878,41880,41884,41894,41896,41899,41901,41902	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	41876	1756
Coesite ()*	Not in a structural group	SiO₂	1	41893	77
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C	1	41893	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	41874,41879,41894,41902	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	10	41874,41875,41876,41878,41879,41880,41894,41897,41901,41902	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	41902	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	41878,41879,41880,41894,41896,41899,41901,41902	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	41891,41896,41899	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	41874,41878	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	6	41882,41884,41886,41887,41888,41889	14640
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	41876	1507
Laihunite ()*	None	(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺, )₂(SiO₄)	1	41885	15
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	41893	98
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	6	41872,41874,41875,41876,41895,41902	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	41882,41884,41885,41886,41887,41888,41889	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	41878,41880	12537
Maohokite ()*	Post-spinel	MgFe₂O₄	1	41893	1
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	41894,41896	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	41878,41889,41891,41896,41899,41901	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	41874,41878,41879,41880,41884,41894,41896,41897,41899,41900,41901,41902	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	41878	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	41884,41894,41896,41899,41900,41901	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	16	41876,41878,41879,41880,41884,41885,41886,41887,41889,41893,41894,41896,41897,41899,41901,41902	61156
Reidite ()*	None	Zr(SiO₄)	1	41893	8
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	41878	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	41893	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	41896	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	41884,41901	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	41876,41878	1516
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	41878	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	41878,41879,41880,41894,41896,41899,41901,41902	21482
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	1	41876	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6	41872,41874,41875,41876,41878,41900	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	41901	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	7	41876,41879,41880,41884,41893,41894,41902	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	41893	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R110051	Laihe Fe Deposit, Qianshan District, Anshan, Liaoning, China	https://rruff.info/R110051

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