Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xiasai Ag-polymetallic Deposit (Xiazhai Ag-polymetallic Deposit), Batang Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 147154
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-147154.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiasai Ag-polymetallic Deposit (Xiazhai Ag-polymetallic Deposit), Batang Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 30°26'5"N
Longitude: 99°34'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.434722222222,99.575

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	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kobellite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Antimony ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Boulangerite ()*
Breithauptite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Covellite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Lepidocrocite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Miargyrite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scorodite ()*	Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stannite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kobellite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stannite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

50 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2734
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	843
Breithauptite ()*	Nickeline	NiSb	175
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	344
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	784
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	581
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Miargyrite ()*	None	AgSbS₂	300
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS	767
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1153
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2562
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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