Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wen Co., Longnan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 145996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wen Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bikou Au Deposit
Faziba Cu-Zn Deposit (Fuziba Cu-Zn Deposit)
Luojialing Au Deposit
Shijiba Au-Hg-(As-Sb) Deposit
Xiaojia Au Deposit
Yangshan Au Deposit
Yujiawan Au Deposit
Zhongmiao Au Deposit

Latitude: 32°48'23"N
Longitude: 105°10'6"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 32.806388888889,105.16833333333

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Bournonite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Orpiment	Pyrite
Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite
Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Zinkenite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Zinkenite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Bournonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Orpiment Pyrite
Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite
Tetradymite Tetrahedrite Titanite Zinkenite Zircon

39 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	1	37748	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37748	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	37748,37752	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	37750,37752,37753	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	37752	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	37752	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	37752	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37752,37753	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37748,37752	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	37752,37753	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	37752,37753	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37748,37752	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	37752,37753	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37752,37753	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	37747,37749,37750,37752,37753	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37748	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	37747,37752	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37752	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37747,37748,37752	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37752	5674
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	37752	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	37748,37750,37752,37753	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	37752	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	37748,37749,37750,37752,37753	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	37752	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37752	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37752	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	37748,37749,37750,37752,37753	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	37752	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	2	37747,37752	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37747	4894
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	2	37752,37753	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37748,37752	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	37752,37753	3418
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	37752	276
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	37748,37752	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	37752	4899
Zinkenite ()*	Zinkenite	Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂	1	37752	228
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	37752,37753	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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