Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Shizuishan, Ningxia, China

mindat Locality ID: 156583
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156583.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shizuishan, Ningxia, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dawukou District
Huinong District

Latitude: 39°10'19"N
Longitude: 106°38'14"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.171944444444,106.63722222222

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.

Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Spinel	Sulphur	Titanite	Zircon

Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Salammoniac ()*	Siderite ()*
Sulphur ()*	Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K N O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Spinel Sulphur Titanite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	42202,42203,42204,42208	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	42208	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42208	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	42208	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	42208	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	42203,42207	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42203	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	42208	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42208	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	42203,42208	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42207	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	42208	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42203,42208	61156
Salammoniac ()*	None	(NH₄)Cl	2	42202,42204	105
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	42203	6417
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	2	42202,42204	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	42208	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	42203	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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