Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gaxun Tal Mine (Kaxiutata Mine), Alxa Right Banner (Alashan Youqi), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 144066
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144066.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gaxun Tal Mine (Kaxiutata Mine), Alxa Right Banner (Alashan Youqi), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 39°34'24"N
Longitude: 101°36'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.573333333333,101.60666666667

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Löllingite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Nickeline ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Safflorite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Co Cu Fe H Mg Ni O Pb S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Epidote Löllingite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite

25 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs	633
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂	317
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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