Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Tanjianshan Mine, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 144708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Tanjianshan Mine, Da Qaidam Co. (Dachaidan Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Jinlonggou Ore Body
Qinglonggou Ore Body
Qinglongtan Ore Body

Latitude: 38°12'53"N
Longitude: 94°37'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.214722222222,94.633055555556

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Kaolinite	Löllingite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Polybasite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Andalusite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Cordierite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Löllingite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Polybasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Ni O S Sb Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Kaolinite Löllingite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Polybasite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	0		1310
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	0		3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	42373	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	0		1966
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	42374,42375	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	0		376
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	0		1008
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	42373,42374	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42373	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	42374	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	42373,42374,42375	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	0		762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42375	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	0		12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	42374	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	42373,42374	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	0		767
Polybasite ()*	Polybasite	[Ag₉CuS₄][(Ag,Cu)₆(Sb,As)₂S₇]	0		716
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	42373,42374,42375	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	42375	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42373,42374	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	0		6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	42374	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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