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Locality Name:
Jiuquan, Gansu, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 299
Youngest recorded age at locality: 212.4

mindat Locality ID: 144927
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144927.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jiuquan, Gansu, China": 88
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 78

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Aksai Co. (Aksay Co.; Akesai Co.)
Dunhuang Co.
Guazhou Co. (Anxi Co.)
Jinta Co.
Subei Co.
Suzhou District
Yumen Co.

Latitude: 40°19'7"N
Longitude: 96°48'4"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.318611111111,96.801111111111

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Atacamite
Baryte	Beryl	Bismutite	Braunite	Brucite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corrensite	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Edingtonite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite
Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Potarite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite
Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Topaz	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite
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 As Au Ba Be Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Mo Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Sn Te Th Ti U W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Atacamite
Baryte Beryl Bismutite Braunite Brucite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corrensite Corundum Covellite Diaspore Digenite Edingtonite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Humite Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite
Melonite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Potarite Prehnite
Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite
Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Topaz Vesuvianite Wollastonite
Zircon

119 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*
Alunite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Anorthite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Braunite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chlorargyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Edingtonite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferberite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Helvine ()*
Hematite ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Humite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Leadhillite ()*	Magnesiochromite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mimetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Mullite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Powellite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Retgersite ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*
Siderotil ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stibarsen ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tephroite ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*
Topaz ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Violarite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wulfenite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	37595,37599	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			7	37599,37605,37607,37626,37631,37654,37668	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	37599	312
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	218.2	212.4	14	37593,37598,37599,37600,37607,37612,37617,37618,37626,37632,37638,37649,37654,37666	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37605	2353
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	244.5	242	1	37644	966
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	37654	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37605	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)			1	37595	2734
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂			3	37595,37599,37662	3092
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)			1	37593	1036
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	244.5	242	14	37595,37599,37600,37603,37610,37617,37621,37623,37629,37637,37638,37644,37654,37666	9052
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃			1	37626	544
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	37593	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			5	37610,37616,37618,37626,37667	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	244.5	242	8	37595,37631,37640,37644,37654,37665,37667,37668	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	37654	4286
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	218.2	212.4	3	37632,37638,37654	1935
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	37638	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			6	37600,37604,37623,37626,37662,37667	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁			1	37599	843
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			2	37611,37641	483
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			2	37583,37593	462
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂			1	37607	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	244.5	212.4	30	37584,37586,37588,37595,37598,37599,37600,37601,37603,37604,37605,37607,37610,37612,37617,37623,37624,37626,37629,37631,37632,37635,37638,37641,37644,37645,37649,37654,37666,37667	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	218.2	212.4	5	37600,37632,37638,37643,37654	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			6	37595,37604,37610,37612,37624,37638	4979
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O			3	37610,37616,37664	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			8	37595,37600,37616,37618,37623,37626,37638,37667	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	299	212.4	27	37593,37595,37598,37599,37600,37601,37604,37605,37607,37610,37612,37616,37617,37618,37621,37623,37626,37630,37631,37632,37637,37638,37644,37654,37662,37666,37667	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	244.5	242	1	37644	1382
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			2	37583,37668	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	37668	951
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	244.5	242	1	37644	2600
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	37583	1756
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	37595,37650	1025
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu			3	37616,37626,37667	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	37603	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS			8	37595,37604,37610,37618,37626,37638,37662,37666	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S			2	37612,37638	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			9	37583,37593,37599,37600,37605,37624,37649,37654,37668	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			11	37584,37586,37588,37595,37599,37600,37603,37610,37624,37649,37666	9895
Edingtonite ()*	Edingtonite	Ba(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·4H₂O			1	37599	26
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆			1	37593	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	218.2	212.4	13	37595,37598,37600,37605,37607,37617,37618,37626,37631,37632,37635,37649,37654	8173
Ferberite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺(WO₄)			2	37638,37654	551
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	218.2	212.4	5	37599,37603,37632,37638,37654	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	37631	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	299	212.4	26	37590,37591,37595,37599,37600,37601,37604,37610,37612,37616,37617,37618,37619,37621,37622,37624,37626,37630,37632,37635,37637,37638,37644,37649,37653,37654	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	37602,37638	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	244.5	242	27	37590,37591,37595,37599,37601,37602,37603,37604,37606,37607,37608,37609,37610,37612,37617,37618,37621,37623,37629,37635,37637,37638,37642,37644,37646,37662,37666	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	37603,37624,37649	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	37654	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			4	37595,37599,37600,37666	6890
Helvine ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Be₃Mn²⁺₄(SiO₄)₃S	218.2	212.4	1	37632	237
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	299	242	12	37595,37599,37600,37604,37616,37623,37626,37630,37640,37644,37646,37649	14640
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)			1	37638	469
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂			1	37605	80
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	37626	49
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			3	37593,37600,37631	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	244.5	242	16	37595,37607,37610,37612,37618,37621,37623,37624,37626,37631,37638,37644,37646,37649,37664,37666	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	218.2	212.4	8	37590,37591,37595,37598,37618,37623,37626,37632	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄			1	37654	1507
Leadhillite ()*	None	Pb₄(SO₄)(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	37638	265
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄			1	37668	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			5	37593,37610,37618,37631,37668	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	299	212.4	24	37583,37593,37595,37598,37599,37600,37604,37605,37612,37616,37623,37624,37626,37630,37631,37632,37638,37639,37640,37644,37649,37654,37663,37668	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	244.5	242	21	37595,37599,37600,37603,37604,37607,37610,37612,37616,37617,37618,37621,37623,37626,37631,37638,37644,37654,37662,37666,37667	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	37665	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			2	37599,37654	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O			3	37595,37654,37664	915
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	37650	4924
Mimetite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(AsO₄)₃Cl			1	37638	1107
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	218.2	212.4	7	37597,37598,37605,37626,37632,37638,37654	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃			1	37638	140
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			2	37595,37600	1508
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)			1	37626	78
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	299	215	32	37583,37590,37591,37593,37595,37598,37599,37600,37601,37604,37607,37608,37610,37612,37617,37618,37621,37623,37624,37626,37629,37630,37631,37632,37635,37638,37644,37646,37649,37654,37662,37666	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	244.5	242	2	37605,37644	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	37623,37650	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	37593,37631	1512
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)			2	37598,37638	494
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	37631	1898
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			2	37599,37618	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	299	212.4	38	37590,37591,37595,37598,37599,37600,37601,37602,37603,37604,37605,37607,37609,37610,37611,37612,37616,37617,37618,37621,37623,37624,37626,37629,37630,37631,37632,37635,37637,37638,37642,37644,37646,37649,37654,37662,37666,37668	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			4	37611,37624,37641,37665	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	244.5	242	3	37595,37626,37644	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	244.5	242	10	37593,37595,37599,37601,37610,37616,37624,37631,37644,37654	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	244.5	212.4	38	37590,37591,37595,37598,37599,37600,37601,37603,37604,37605,37606,37607,37608,37609,37610,37612,37617,37618,37621,37623,37624,37626,37629,37631,37632,37635,37637,37638,37640,37641,37644,37646,37649,37654,37662,37665,37666,37667	61156
Retgersite ()*	None	Ni(SO₄)·6H₂O			1	37631	55
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	37599,37603,37624	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	37605	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	218.2	212.4	6	37598,37606,37632,37638,37654,37666	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O			2	37595,37621	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			9	37593,37595,37612,37618,37624,37640,37649,37663,37668	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O			1	37664	84
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	244.5	242	5	37599,37603,37610,37617,37644	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)			1	37624	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	244.5	212.4	24	37590,37591,37595,37598,37599,37600,37603,37604,37605,37610,37612,37616,37617,37618,37619,37622,37624,37626,37632,37638,37644,37649,37653,37654	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			3	37583,37631,37668	1934
Stibarsen ()*	Arsenic	SbAs			1	37621	48
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	244.5	242	4	37618,37621,37629,37644	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			5	37583,37593,37610,37631,37668	3337
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃			1	37618	1803
Tephroite ()*	Olivine	Mn²⁺₂(SiO₄)			1	37624	240
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			1	37662	510
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe			1	37583	66
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			5	37595,37599,37600,37618,37621	5317
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			1	37654	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			5	37593,37600,37617,37631,37654	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	218.2	212.4	1	37632	1476
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			7	37595,37600,37605,37624,37631,37649,37654	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			1	37647	2718
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	37618	369
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	37605,37654	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	37631	380
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			2	37600,37654	1247
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄			2	37595,37638	1655
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			4	37593,37598,37605,37668	1025

5 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Chen2007tbl01-61	299	252	Permian				Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hematite, Magnetite, Pyrite	187035	Heihushan Cu Deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China	Heihushan, Anxi, Gansu	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
Kristen002273	218.2	215	216.6±1.6	Ar-Ar	muscovite	Muscovite		143963	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Kristen002274	218	212.4	215.2±2.8	Rb-Sr				143963	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China	Hongjianbingshan W Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Kristen002271	243.6	242	242.8±0.8	Ar-Ar	sericite			144990	Nanjinshan Mine, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China	Nanjinshan Au Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136
Kristen002272	244.5	243.9	244.2±0.3	Ar-Ar	biotite			144990	Nanjinshan Mine, Subei Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China	Nanjinshan Au Deposit	Han et al. (2014)	10.1111/rge.12033	RG64_136

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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