Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Xiaogan, Hubei, China

mindat Locality ID: 156568
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156568.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xiaogan, Hubei, China": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 15

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Anlu Co.
Dawu Co.
Xiaochang Co.
Yingcheng District

Latitude: 31°37'11"N
Longitude: 114°21'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.619722222222,114.35472222222

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	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Microcline ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Omphacite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	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 Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Spinel Titanite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	9	40053,40055,40056,40059,40060,40061,40062,40063,40064	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	4	40053,40055,40061,40062	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40056	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	40053,40055,40059,40060,40061,40062,40063,40064	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	40056	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	40053,40055,40056,40061,40062	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	40057	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	40056	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40052	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	8	40053,40055,40059,40060,40061,40062,40063,40064	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	40051,40054	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	40056,40065	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	40065	1398
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40056	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40056	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	40049	12537
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40056	4924
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	40065	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	40053,40056,40057	17380
Omphacite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Mg,Fe,Al)Si₂O₆	1	40057	229
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	40053,40054,40055,40056,40059,40060,40061,40062,40063,40064	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	40056	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	11	40051,40053,40054,40055,40056,40057,40059,40060,40061,40062,40064	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	40056	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	40056	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	40056	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	40056,40057	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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