Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Luonan Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 156241
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156241.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Luonan Co., Shangluo, Shaanxi, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Hulugou Au Deposit
Jialu Mine
Lianhuagou Mo Deposit
Mulonggou Fe-(Mo-Cu) Deposit
Shijiawan Mo Deposit
Tongyu Gold Field

Latitude: 34°22'5"N
Longitude: 110°15'45"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.368055555556,110.2625

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	Andalusite	Apatite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Humite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melonite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Anglesite ()*
Baryte ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chondrodite ()*	Chrombismite ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Goldfieldite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kuranakhite ()*	Magnesioferrite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*
Talc ()*	Tellurium ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Te W Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Andalusite Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Humite Malachite Marcasite Melonite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Zircon

47 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	3	42673,42674,42675	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	42671,42673,42675	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	2	42671,42672	489
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	42673	1310
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	2	42671,42672	2734
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	42671	11547
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	42672	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	42671,42673,42674,42675	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	2	42671,42672	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	42671,42672,42673,42674,42675	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	42674	285
Chrombismite ()*	None	Bi₁₆CrO₂₇	1	42672	2
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	1	42674	236
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	42673,42674	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	42673,42674	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	42673,42674,42675	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	42675	9617
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	42674	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	42671,42672,42675	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	42671,42672,42677	30554
Goldfieldite ()*	Tetrahedrite	(Cu₄ ₂)Cu₆Te₄S₁₃	1	42672	72
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	42673	14640
Kuranakhite ()*	None	PbMn⁴⁺Te⁶⁺O₆	1	42672	7
Magnesioferrite ()*	Spinel	MgFe³⁺₂O₄	1	42674	98
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	42671,42673,42674,42675	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	42671	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	42673	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	42672	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	4	42671,42673,42674,42675	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	42671,42673,42674,42675	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	42673,42674	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	42671,42672,42673,42674,42675	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	42672	3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	42672	1725
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	42673,42674,42675	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	42671,42672,42673,42674,42675,42677	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	2	42671,42673	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	42671,42672,42674,42675	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	42672	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	42672	337
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42674	3337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	42672	190
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	42671	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	42673,42674	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	42674	1395
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	42671	939
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42673	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...