Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Bo'ertala Autonomous Prefecture (Börtala Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 156601
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156601.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bo'ertala Autonomous Prefecture (Börtala Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bole Co. (Börtala Co.)
Jinghe Co. (Jing Co.)
Wenquan Co. (Arixang Co.; Arishang Co.)

Latitude: 44°19'47"N
Longitude: 82°57'20"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.329722222222,82.955555555556

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	Blödite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Vesuvianite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anglesite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Azurite ()*	Blödite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*
Thénardite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Blödite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Garnet Gypsum Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Vesuvianite Wollastonite

35 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	44174	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	44173,44174,44182	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44174	1534
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	44178	2734
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	44174,44178	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44174	5509
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	44172	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	44174	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	44168,44173,44178	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	44168	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6	44168,44173,44174,44178,44179,44182	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44173	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	44173,44174	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	44173,44174,44178	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	44168,44173,44174,44178	24243
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44174	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	44172,44178	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	44172	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	44173	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	44173,44174,44178	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	44173,44174,44178	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	44173,44178	5674
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	1	44172	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	7	44173,44174,44177,44178,44179,44181,44182	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	44173,44178,44182	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	44168,44173,44174,44177,44178,44182	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	44174,44182	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	44168,44173,44174,44177,44178	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	44168,44173,44174,44178	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	44173,44178	5317
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	1	44172	299
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	44173,44174	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	2	44173,44174	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	44174	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44178	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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