Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qinling Mine, Lingbao Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China

mindat Locality ID: 156519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qinling Mine, Lingbao Co., Sanmenxia, Henan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sifangou Au Deposit
Yangzhaiyu Au-Pb-Te Deposit

Latitude: 34°24'19"N
Longitude: 110°33'11"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.405277777778,110.55305555556

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	Arsenic	Buckhornite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Melonite	Meneghinite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetradymite	Zircon

Acanthite ()*	Aikinite ()*	Albite ()*	Altaite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bornite ()*	Buckhornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*	Felbertalite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hammarite ()*	Hedleyite ()*	Hessite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Krupkaite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pilsenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rucklidgeite ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stützite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Tellurium ()*
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Volynskite ()*	Vulcanite ()*	Weissite ()*
Wittichenite ()*	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: Ag Al Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Na O Pb S Si Te Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Buckhornite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Melonite Meneghinite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Tetradymite 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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	39753	2793
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	1	39753	315
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39753	8803
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	39753	489
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	39753	3092
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	39753	1966
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	39753	5516
Buckhornite ()*	Buckhornite	(Pb₂BiS₃)(AuTe₂)	1	39753	13
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	1	39753	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	39753	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	39753	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	39752,39753	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	39753	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	39753	8173
Felbertalite ()*	None	Cu₂Pb₆Bi₈S₁₉	1	39753	9
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	39752,39753	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	39752,39753	30554
Hammarite ()*	Meneghinite	Cu₂Pb₂Bi₄S₉	1	39752	43
Hedleyite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₇Te₃	1	39753	104
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	39753	804
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39753	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	39753	5591
Krupkaite ()*	Meneghinite	PbCuBi₃S₆	1	39752	80
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39753	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	39753	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	39753	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	39753	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	39753	409
Pilsenite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄Te₃	1	39753	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	39752,39753	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	39753	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	39752,39753	61156
Rucklidgeite ()*	Tetradymite	PbBi₂Te₄	1	39753	64
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	39753	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	39753	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	39753	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	39753	21482
Stützite ()*	None	Ag_5-xTe₃ (x = 0.24-0.36)	1	39753	92
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	1	39753	337
Tellurium ()*	None	Te	1	39753	190
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	39753	276
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	39753	510
Volynskite ()*	None	AgBiTe₂	1	39753	64
Vulcanite ()*	None	CuTe	1	39753	11
Weissite ()*	None	Cu_2-xTe	1	39753	31
Wittichenite ()*	None	Cu₃BiS₃	1	39753	297
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39753	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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