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Locality Name:
Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 144091
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144091.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kashi Prefecture (Kashgar Prefecture; Qeshqer Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 22
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 16

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bachu Co. (Maralbexi Co.; Maralbeshi Co.)
Gashi Co. (Peyziwat Co.; Payzawat Co.)
Kargilik Co. (Yecheng Co.)
Tashiku'ergan Co. (Taxkorgan Co.; Tashqurqan Co.)

Latitude: 38°30'1"N
Longitude: 77°7'36"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.500277777778,77.126666666667

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	Allophane	Alunite	Amphibole	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Molybdenite
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*
Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Maghemite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrope ()*	Quartz ()*	Sodalite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tungstenite ()*
Vermiculite ()*	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 Be C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Allophane Alunite Amphibole Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Mica Molybdenite
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Tridymite Vesuvianite Zircon

43 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	44375,44379	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44381	3419
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	44363	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	44365,44381	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	44362,44368	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	44365,44375	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	44371	4286
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44365	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	44363,44365,44368,44373,44375,44376,44377,44381	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	44365	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	44373,44375,44376,44378,44379	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	44365	3531
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44365	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	44365	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	44368,44376,44381	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44363	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	44368,44375,44381	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	44362	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	44377	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	44365	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44365	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	44365,44381	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	44362	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44380	2228
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44381	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	44362,44363,44368,44373,44375,44381	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	44365,44373,44375,44376,44377,44378,44379	12537
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	44376	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44365,44381	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	44363	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	44381	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	44365,44375,44376,44377,44378,44379,44380,44381	39462
Pyrope ()*	Garnet	Mg₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44362	341
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	44365,44368,44373,44374,44375,44376,44377,44378,44379,44380,44381	61156
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	44363	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	44365,44375,44377	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	44362,44368	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44363	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44381	2562
Tungstenite ()*	Molybdenite	WS₂	1	44375	28
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	44369	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	44381	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	44363	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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