Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Tiemuerte Mine (Tiemierte Mine; Tiemurte Mine), Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 407
Youngest recorded age at locality: 407

mindat Locality ID: 144276
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144276.html

Tectonic Settings: Continental Arc

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tiemuerte Mine (Tiemierte Mine; Tiemurte Mine), Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 47°51'0"N
Longitude: 88°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.85,88.25
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: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
MalachiteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibnite

20 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)
Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
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)240740703419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)40740708803
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS40740709052
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)407407011547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi40740701966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S340740701935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS440740705516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)407407027770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S40740705707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2407407027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)40740708173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF240740709617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS407407024243
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4407407014899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2407407012537
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2407407039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S840740709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2407407061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS407407021482
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)240740702562


1 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
vms-00410407407Lower Devonian (407, U-Pb)       S144276Tiemuerte Mine (Tiemierte Mine; Tiemurte Mine), Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, ChinaTiemurteMoiser et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1034 

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