Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qujiashan Mine, Ziyang Co., Ankang, Shaanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 156476
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156476.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qujiashan Mine, Ziyang Co., Ankang, Shaanxi, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Garnet	Humite	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Stilpnomelane

Alleghanyite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bementite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Caryopilite ()*	Clino-suenoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Ganophyllite ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Manganhumite ()*	Manganosite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Parsettensite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Rhodonite ()*	Spessartine ()*

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 Ba C Ca H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Braunite Calcite Clay Corundum Garnet Humite Kaolinite Mica
None Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Stilpnomelane

23 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Alleghanyite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₅(SiO₄)₂(OH)₂	77
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bementite ()*	Clay	Mn₇Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	173
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Caryopilite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	83
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	57
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Ganophyllite ()*	Clay	(K,Na)_xMn²⁺₆(Si,Al)₁₀O₂₄(OH)₄·nH₂O (x = 1-2; n = 7-11)	45
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	350
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	234
Manganhumite ()*	Humite	Mn²⁺₇(SiO₄)₃(OH)₂	14
Manganosite ()*	Rocksalt	MnO	73
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Parsettensite ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O	43
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	244
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	969
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1214

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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