Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.3

mindat Locality ID: 144045
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144045.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 99
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 82

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Hejing Co. (Xejing Co.)
Hoxud Co. (Hoxut Co.; Xoshut Co.; Heshuo Co.)
Ku'erle Co. (Korla Co.)
Lopnur Co. (Yuli Co.; Weili Co.)
Luntai Co. (Bügür Co.)
Qiemo Co. (Qerqen Co.; Cherchen Co.)
Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.)
Tarim River Valley

Latitude: 41°25'1"N
Longitude: 87°31'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.416944444444,87.520833333333

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo N Na Ni O P Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Sr Ti W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAluniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBerylBlödite
BrauniteCalciteCarnalliteChalcopyriteChlorothioniteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorrensiteCorundum
CovelliteCubaniteDiasporeDigeniteEpidoteEpsomiteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetGypsum
KaoliniteLepidocrociteMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMilleriteMolybdeniteNickelineNolaniteNone
Not in a structural groupOlivinePalmieritePentlanditePicromeritePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhabdophaneRhodonite
RocksaltRutileScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStarkeyiteStibnite
SyngeniteTalcTetrahedriteTitaniteTourmalineTungstiteValleriiteVesuvianiteWollastoniteWurtzite
Zircon

136 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Anatase  (*)
Andalusite  (*)Andradite  (*)Anglesite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Anhydrokainite  (*)
Ankerite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bassanite  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Blödite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Braggite  (*)Braunite  (*)Calcite  (*)Carnallite  (*)
Cassiterite  (*)Celestine  (*)Cerussite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chromite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Cinnabar  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)
Coesite  (*)Copper  (*)Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Darapskite  (*)Digenite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Enstatite  (*)Epidote  (*)Epsomite  (*)Eugsterite  (*)Ferrihydrite  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Glauberite  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)
Hausmannite  (*)Hematite  (*)Humberstonite  (*)Hydrobiotite  (*)Hydromagnesite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Jadeite  (*)Jarosite  (*)Kainite  (*)Kalistrontite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Leonite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Löweite  (*)
Maghemite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Millerite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Nickeline  (*)Niter  (*)Nitratine  (*)Omphacite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Picromerite  (*)Platinum  (*)
Polyhalite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrope  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Stannite  (*)Starkeyite  (*)
Stibnite  (*)Sylvite  (*)Syngenite  (*)Talc  (*)Tenorite  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thénardite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Tungstite  (*)
Valentinite  (*)Valleriite  (*)Vanthoffite  (*)Variscite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)
Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Wulfenite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)26.36.31344070,44073,44074,44075,44080,44091,44102,44121,44122,44123,44128,44131,441643419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O66.36.31441021022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)6.36.31244088,44091,44093,44102,44107,44115,44121,44123,44137,44138,44163,441648803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3244104,441112353
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21441042162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5244097,441211310
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)31440801534
Anglesite  (*)BarytePb(SO4)1441372734
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)244070,441461588
Anhydrokainite  (*)ChlorothioniteKMg(SO4)Cl1441342
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2444088,44089,44115,441343092
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)46.36.3144102708
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS544079,44107,44118,44157,441619052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6244111,441552060
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)2444078,44079,44080,440855509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)6.36.3844070,44071,44078,44079,44085,44102,44134,4413711547
Bassanite  (*)RhabdophaneCa(SO4)·0.5H2O14414682
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O181441214286
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S31441071935
Blödite  (*)BlöditeNa2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O344130,44146,44148130
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41644072,44078,44079,44080,44083,44085,44127,44128,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44155,44158,441645516
Braggite  (*)NonePdPt3S4144157101
Braunite  (*)BrauniteMn2+Mn3+6O8(SiO4)144070483
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6.36.32844070,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091,44093,44102,44107,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44129,44131,44134,44135,44138,44145,44157,4416427770
Carnallite  (*)CarnalliteKMgCl3·6H2O444130,44146,44147,44148132
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2344121,44122,441235171
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)1441461252
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)244135,441374979
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1544072,44078,44079,44080,44085,44093,44112,44118,44121,44134,44137,44155,44157,44158,441645707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS26.36.33844069,44072,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44083,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091,44093,44094,44102,44106,44107,44112,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44131,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44153,44154,44155,44157,44158,44161,4416427198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O4644104,44140,44142,44143,44153,441573902
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O1441453531
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)46.36.3144102951
Cinnabar  (*)NoneHgS244142,441432600
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1441211025
Coesite  (*)Not in a structural groupSiO214416377
Copper  (*)CopperCu444127,44134,44142,441433846
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O31441041797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS844107,44127,44137,44142,44143,44145,44157,441644165
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3144157802
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O444141,44142,44143,441442970
Darapskite  (*)NoneNa3(SO4)(NO3)·H2O244130,4414631
Digenite  (*)DigeniteCu1.8S1440911027
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O66.36.31644073,44074,44075,44080,44091,44094,44100,44102,44104,44121,44123,44126,44128,44157,44163,441644135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)26.36.3844089,44102,44118,44126,44134,44138,44145,441619895
Enstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6244126,44155944
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2344071,44073,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44091,44093,44098,44116,44121,44127,44128,44134,44140,44154,44157,44158,44161,441648173
Epsomite  (*)EpsomiteMg(SO4)·7H2O144146484
Eugsterite  (*)NoneNa4Ca(SO4)3·2H2O244095,4416532
Ferrihydrite  (*)NolaniteFe3+10O14(OH)214407086
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F6.36.3244102,441232740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2544121,44123,44127,44137,441649617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)1441041188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS1544070,44088,44089,44107,44115,44118,44121,44127,44129,44137,44145,44158,44160,44161,4416424243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)2344130,44146,44148137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)244131,441647437
Gold  (*)CopperAu1044088,44089,44098,44107,44118,44127,44129,44134,44157,4416130554
Graphite  (*)NoneC1441572812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O844118,44130,44138,44145,44146,44148,44149,441586890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl844095,44130,44138,44146,44148,44149,44159,441651398
Hausmannite  (*)SpinelMn2+Mn3+2O4144070350
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O31544070,44071,44073,44078,44079,44080,44085,44091,44093,44107,44118,44124,44128,44134,4415714640
Humberstonite  (*)NoneK3Na7Mg2(SO4)6(NO3)2·6H2O344130,44146,4416511
Hydrobiotite  (*)Corrensite ClayK(Mg,Fe2+)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·nH2O14410349
Hydromagnesite  (*)NoneMg5(CO3)4(OH)2·4H2O144134341
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O3444104,44111,44127,441635433
Jadeite  (*)PyroxeneNaAlSi2O6144163154
Jarosite  (*)AluniteKFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6544127,44134,44137,44157,441582228
Kainite  (*)NoneKMg(SO4)Cl·2.75H2O244146,4414950
Kalistrontite  (*)PalmieriteK2Sr(SO4)214414611
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4844088,44107,44115,44137,44138,44157,44161,441645591
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO41441631507
Leonite  (*)NoneK2Mg(SO4)2·4H2O14414624
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)144157581
Löweite  (*)NoneNa12Mg7(SO4)13·15H2O14414628
Maghemite  (*)Spinel(Fe3+0.67   0.33)Fe3+2O4144080229
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)244146,441631487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O46.36.32544070,44071,44073,44074,44075,44078,44080,44091,44093,44094,44102,44104,44116,44118,44126,44127,44128,44131,44134,44137,44145,44153,44155,44157,4416414899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22444069,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44090,44093,44098,44107,44121,44123,44127,44128,44137,44141,44142,44143,44144,44145,44154,44155,44157,4415812537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2244075,440935674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1441634924
Millerite  (*)MilleriteNiS244155,441571066
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O144146223
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2544069,44083,44121,44128,441645800
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O1440701508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22544069,44074,44079,44085,44088,44089,44093,44107,44112,44115,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44129,44131,44134,44137,44138,44145,44157,44158,44161,4416417380
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs244155,44157633
Niter  (*)NoneK(NO3)244130,44146181
Nitratine  (*)CalciteNa(NO3)14413091
Omphacite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si2O6144111229
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1441152349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S86.36.3544102,44153,44154,44155,441571512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)26.36.3844093,44102,44103,44104,44123,44126,44137,441552273
Picromerite  (*)PicromeriteK2Mg(SO4)2·6H2O244147,4414944
Platinum  (*)CopperPt144157485
Polyhalite  (*)NoneK2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O344146,44147,44148102
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26.36.33944069,44070,44071,44074,44075,44078,44080,44083,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091,44093,44094,44098,44102,44106,44107,44112,44115,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44129,44131,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44146,44157,44158,44161,4416439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21440703106
Pyrope  (*)GarnetMg3Al2(SiO4)3244111,44126341
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S86.36.31544074,44075,44093,44102,44107,44118,44121,44128,44131,44134,44153,44154,44155,44157,441649056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23844069,44070,44071,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091,44093,44098,44107,44111,44112,44115,44118,44121,44122,44123,44127,44128,44129,44131,44134,44137,44142,44143,44145,44153,44157,44158,44161,44163,4416461156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)1440701711
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)144070969
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2344111,44134,441635614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)144121598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)544089,44094,44121,44122,441234894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1441232705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)344070,44088,441466417
Silver  (*)CopperAg1441345186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)1441372473
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs2144157337
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS1244075,44107,44112,44115,44118,44121,44127,44137,44145,44158,44160,4416421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4444104,44126,44153,441551934
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4144107668
Starkeyite  (*)StarkeyiteMg(SO4)·4H2O14414679
Stibnite  (*)StibniteSb2S3444106,44107,44108,441613418
Sylvite  (*)RocksaltKCl244146,44148275
Syngenite  (*)SyngeniteK2Ca(SO4)2·H2O14414644
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)26.36.3344102,44126,441553337
Tenorite  (*)NoneCuO344078,44142,441431101
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13444107,44112,44145,441645317
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)444095,44130,44146,44165299
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O6.36.3444091,44102,44155,441634899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)26.36.31244073,44080,44093,44102,44121,44122,44123,44126,44137,44155,44157,441642562
Tungstite  (*)TungstiteWO3·H2O144123118
Valentinite  (*)NoneSb2O3144107369
Valleriite  (*)Valleriite2[(Fe,Cu)S]·1.53[(Mg,Al)(OH)2]144155237
Vanthoffite  (*)NoneNa6Mg(SO4)414414616
Variscite  (*)NoneAl(PO4)·2H2O144101301
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O6.36.3344100,44102,44103652
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)101441641395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S46.36.3244102,44157380
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3244074,440941247
Wulfenite  (*)ScheelitePbMoO41441351655
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)6.36.3244102,441635251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)244121,441631025



Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:
Age IDLocality Notes
Jen_0000591MAGMATIC STYLE: Intrusion ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diopsidite and dunite.


2 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Jen_00005916.36.36.3U-Pb whole rock     216803Qieganbulake Mine, Lopnur Co. (Yuli Co.; Weili Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaYuli MineWoolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)10.4095/225115GSCOF5796carbohydrothermal alteration (vermiculite)
sedcu-003466060L. Tertiary       Cu228357Hadilik Cu Deposit, Ruoqiang Co. (Qakilik Co.; Chaqiliq Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaHadilikCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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