Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Haidong, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 156588
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156588.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Haidong, Qinghai, China": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hualong Co.
Huzhu Co.
Ledu Co.
Minhe Co.
Xunhua Co.

Latitude: 36°25'9"N
Longitude: 102°14'18"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.419166666667,102.23833333333

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sperrylite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Violarite ()*

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 As Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite

37 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	2	42330,42339	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	42339	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	5	42327,42333,42336,42337,42339	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	42339	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	42327	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42339	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	42330,42333,42336,42339	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	42339	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	42326,42327,42333,42336,42337,42339	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	4	42327,42333,42336,42337	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	42330,42339	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	42327,42339	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	42327,42333,42336,42337	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	42328	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	42327,42333,42334,42336,42337,42339	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	42328,42330	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42326	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	2	42333,42336	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	42327,42337,42339	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	42326,42327,42333,42336,42337,42339	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	42326,42339	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	42326	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	42326,42327,42330,42333,42336,42339	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	42326	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	42326,42327,42330,42331,42333,42336,42337,42339	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42326	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	5	42326,42327,42331,42337,42339	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	42326,42327,42330,42333,42336,42337,42339	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	42330	4894
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	42326	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	5	42326,42327,42333,42336,42337	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	42333,42336	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	42327,42337	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	42326,42327	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	42330,42339	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	42339	1395
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	42326	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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