Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Liaoyang, Liaoning, China

mindat Locality ID: 156581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Liaoyang, Liaoning, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dengta Co.
Gongchangling District
Liaoyang Co.

Latitude: 41°7'24"N
Longitude: 123°24'26"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.123333333333,123.40722222222

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Gypsum	Humite	Ludwigite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Humite ()*
Ludwigite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*

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 B C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Gypsum Humite Ludwigite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Titanite

29 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	1	42167	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	42167,42174	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	42165	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	42163	1588
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	42163,42171	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	42171,42174	27198
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42165	327
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	42163,42173	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42167	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	42171	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	42175	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	42165	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	42163	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	7	42165,42166,42167,42168,42169,42171,42174	14640
Humite ()*	Humite	Mg₇(SiO₄)₃F₂	1	42173	80
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	42173	134
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42165	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6	42166,42167,42168,42169,42173,42174	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	42163	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	42163,42167,42174	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	42174	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	42167,42171,42174	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	42165,42174	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	42163,42167,42171,42174	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	42165	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42167	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	42167	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42167	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	42171	2718

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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