Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wuhai League (Wuhai Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 143928
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143928.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuhai League (Wuhai Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Haibowan District
Hainan District
Wuda District

Latitude: 39°20'17"N
Longitude: 106°51'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.338055555556,106.85472222222

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.

Alum	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Coquimbite
Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite	Mica	Millosevichite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sabieite	Sphalerite	Sulphur	Voltaite
Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Alunogen ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Böhmite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Coquimbite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diaspore ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Godovikovite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Malachite ()*	Millosevichite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tschermigite ()*	Voltaite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Mg N O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alum Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Coquimbite
Covellite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite Mica Millosevichite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sabieite Sphalerite Sulphur Voltaite
Zircon

35 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	1	41057	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	41060	966
Alunogen ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂(SO₄)₃(H₂O)₁₂·5H₂O	2	41063,41064	272
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	41063	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	41057	9052
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	41060	195
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	41057,41060,41062	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	41057	27198
Coquimbite ()*	Coquimbite	AlFe₃(SO₄)₆(H₂O)₁₂·6H₂O	2	41063,41064	136
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	41057	4165
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	1	41060	481
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	41057	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	41057	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	41057	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	41057	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	41060	504
Godovikovite ()*	Sabieite	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂	2	41062,41064	19
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	41060	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	41057	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	41060	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	41057	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41060	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	41057	12537
Millosevichite ()*	Millosevichite	Al₂(SO₄)₃	1	41063	20
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41057	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	41057,41060,41062	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	41057	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	41057,41060	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	1	41063	105
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	41057	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	41062	2045
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	41057	2562
Tschermigite ()*	Alum	(NH₄)Al(SO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	41063	81
Voltaite ()*	Voltaite	K₂Fe²⁺₅Fe³⁺₃Al(SO₄)₁₂·18H₂O	2	41062,41063	111
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	41057	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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