Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Zhongwei, Ningxia, China

mindat Locality ID: 156586
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156586.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Zhongwei, Ningxia, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Haiyuan Co.
Shapotou District
Zhongning Co.

Latitude: 37°16'3"N
Longitude: 105°22'42"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.2675,105.37833333333

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.

Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite	Diaspore	Digenite
Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Spinel	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Digenite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*
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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K O Pb S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite Diaspore Digenite
Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Spinel Zircon

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	42227	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	42235,42236	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	42238	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42236	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	42229,42236	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	42235,42236	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	42235,42236	27198
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	42236	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	42236	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	42236	2970
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	42236	1027
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	42227,42236	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	42229	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	42225,42229	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	3	42228,42230,42231	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	42229	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42236	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42236	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	42235,42236	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	42231,42235,42236	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	42227,42236	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	42229,42235,42236	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	42236	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	42229	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	42236	1101
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	42236	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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