Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Baishan, Jilin, China

mindat Locality ID: 143687
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143687.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Baishan, Jilin, China": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Changbai Co.
Fusong Co.
Jiangyuan District (Hunjiang Co.)
Linjiang Co.

Latitude: 41°49'39"N
Longitude: 126°50'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.8275,126.83333333333

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.

Acanthite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cristobalite	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Skutterudite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Anatase ()*	Andradite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Covellite ()*
Cristobalite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*
Hessite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Opal ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Siderite ()*	Siegenite ()*	Silver ()*	Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Talnakhite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Covellite Cristobalite Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Garnet Kaolinite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Skutterudite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	41711,41714	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	41715	3419
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	41706	2162
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	41715	1534
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	41706	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	4	41706,41708,41711,41714	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	41703,41711	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	41714	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	41708	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	41711,41715	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	7	41698,41703,41706,41708,41710,41711,41714	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	41698,41715	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	10	41698,41699,41703,41705,41706,41708,41710,41711,41714,41715	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	41706	966
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	41698	4165
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	41702	453
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	41699	802
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41700	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	41714,41715	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	41706,41711,41714	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	41708,41710,41715	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	41698,41703,41706,41708,41710,41711,41714,41715	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	41716	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	41710,41711,41714	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	41711,41713,41716	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	41710	804
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	41700,41703,41708	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	41705,41708,41713,41716	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	41698,41703,41711	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	41708,41714	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	41698,41708,41715	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	41702	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	7	41698,41702,41703,41706,41708,41710,41711	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41700	112
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2	41702,41711	2994
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	41699	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	41698,41703,41705,41706,41708,41710,41711,41714,41715	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	41699,41706,41708,41714	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	41698,41702,41703,41705,41706,41708,41710,41711,41714	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	41702	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	41713	6417
Siegenite ()*	Spinel	CoNi₂S₄	1	41706	249
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	41711	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃	1	41706	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	8	41698,41703,41706,41708,41710,41711,41714,41715	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	1	41703	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	41703,41714	3337
Talnakhite ()*	Chalcopyrite	Cu₉Fe₈S₁₆	1	41699	35
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	3	41703,41714,41715	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	41714	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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