Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tonghua, Jilin, China

mindat Locality ID: 143659
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143659.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tonghua, Jilin, China": 26
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Dongchang District
Ji'an Co.
Meihekou Co.
Tonghua Co.

Latitude: 41°45'29"N
Longitude: 125°51'56"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.758055555556,125.86555555556

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	Analcime	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Auricupride	Baryte	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hydrotalcite
Kaolinite	Ludwigite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Millerite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite
Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Sulphur
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Ullmannite	Valleriite	Vesuvianite	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 B Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Na Nb Nd Ni O P Pb Pd Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Analcime Arsenic Arsenopyrite Auricupride Baryte Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hydrotalcite
Kaolinite Ludwigite Marcasite Melonite Mica Millerite Monazite Nickeline None Pentlandite
Perovskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Sulphur
Talc Tetrahedrite Ullmannite Valleriite Vesuvianite Zircon

62 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*
Awaruite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Changbaiite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Hydromagnesite ()*	Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Merenskyite ()*	Michenerite ()*	Millerite ()*	Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Moncheite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Suanite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Szaibélyite ()*	Talc ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tin ()*	Tremolite ()*	Valleriite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Violarite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41815	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	41795	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	41807	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	41813,41815,41817,41819	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	41807	2060
Awaruite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Ni₃Fe	1	41812	166
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	4	41800,41806,41814,41815	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	41807	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	41813	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	41800,41809,41812,41817	5516
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	2	41801,41805	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	10	41800,41801,41802,41806,41807,41809,41813,41815,41816,41818	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	41812,41813,41817	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	9	41800,41806,41807,41809,41812,41813,41815,41817,41819	27198
Changbaiite ()*	None	PbNb₂O₆	1	41803	2
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	41812	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	41812	1756
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1	41807	82
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	41815	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	41807	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	4	41801,41815,41817,41818	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	41807	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	41800	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	41800,41806,41807,41809,41812,41813,41815,41817	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	41802,41809,41812,41815,41816,41817	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	41815,41818	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	41807	804
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	1	41801	341
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1	41801	87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	41812	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	41803,41806,41813,41815	5591
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	41798	134
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	41798	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	5	41812,41813,41815,41817,41818	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	41812,41813,41815	5674
Merenskyite ()*	Melonite	PdTe₂	1	41812	155
Michenerite ()*	Ullmannite	PdBiTe	1	41812	114
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	41812	1066
Monazite-(Nd) ()*	Monazite	Nd(PO₄)	1	41814	26
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	41812	133
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	41800,41806,41809,41813,41815	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	41812	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	41812	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	41800,41802,41807,41809,41812,41813,41815,41817,41819	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3	41800,41806,41809	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6	41807,41812,41813,41815,41817,41819	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	12	41795,41800,41802,41803,41806,41807,41809,41812,41813,41815,41816,41818	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	41815,41818	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	41815	5186
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	41812	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	41800,41806,41807,41809,41812,41813,41815,41817	21482
Suanite ()*	None	Mg₂B₂O₅	1	41798	16
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	41812	2045
Szaibélyite ()*	None	MgBO₂(OH)	2	41798,41801	87
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41812	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	41809,41815	5317
Tin ()*	None	Sn	1	41812	63
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	41812	2562
Valleriite ()*	Valleriite	2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)₂]	1	41812	237
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	41807	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	41812	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	41812	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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