Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ma'anshan, Anhui, China

mindat Locality ID: 145636
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145636.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ma'anshan, Anhui, China": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dangtu Co.
Hanshan Co.
He Co.
Turquoise Deposit
Yushan District

Latitude: 31°35'21"N
Longitude: 118°23'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.589166666667,118.38722222222

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Baryte	Bixbyite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Titanite	Turquoise

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Alunite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Avicennite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Hutchinsonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Lafossaite ()*
Lorándite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turquoise ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Tl Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Baryte Bixbyite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite
Spinel Titanite Turquoise

45 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	8	37058,37060,37063,37065,37072,37075,37078,37080	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	37063,37065,37075,37078,37079	8803
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	37075	966
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	37063	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	37063	1310
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	37075,37080	1588
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	37063	1036
Avicennite ()*	Bixbyite	Tl₂O₃	1	37071	7
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	37063,37071,37080	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37065	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	37063,37065,37071	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	37080	1252
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37065	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	37062,37063,37065,37070,37075,37080	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	3	37063,37065,37075	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	37063,37067,37071	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	37063,37065,37075,37080	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	37075	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	37067,37071	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37065	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	37068	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	37062,37063	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	37065,37080	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	9	37062,37063,37065,37068,37070,37075,37078,37079,37080	14640
Hutchinsonite ()*	None	TlPbAs₅S₉	1	37071	8
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	37065	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	37063	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	37063,37068,37071,37075	5591
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	1	37063	1507
Lafossaite ()*	None	TlCl	1	37071	5
Lorándite ()*	None	TlAsS₂	1	37071	15
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	12	37058,37060,37062,37063,37064,37065,37070,37072,37075,37078,37079,37080	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37065	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	37075	139
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37063	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	37063	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	37063,37067,37068,37075,37080	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	37063,37065	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	37062,37063,37065,37068,37070,37071,37075,37078,37080	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	37063,37065,37067,37070,37071,37075,37080	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	37063	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37065	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	37063,37075	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37075	2562
Turquoise ()*	Turquoise	CuAl₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O	1	37072	484

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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