Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 192
Youngest recorded age at locality: 192

mindat Locality ID: 156603
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156603.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Chira Co. (Qira Co.; Cele Co.)
Hetian Co. (Khotan Co.; Hotan Co.; Hoten Co.)
Minfeng Co. (Niye Co.; Niya Co.)
Pishan Co. (Pixina Co.; Guma Co.)
Yurungkash River (Yurungkax River)
Yutian Co. (Keriye Co.)

Latitude: 35°52'48"N
Longitude: 81°9'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.88,81.155277777778

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	Artinite	Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Diamond	Diaspore	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Almandine ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Artinite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cervantite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Diamond ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Natron ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Realgar ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Trona ()*	Ulexite ()*	Valentinite ()*

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 B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu Fe H K Li Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Artinite Baryte Bismutite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Diamond Diaspore Epidote Garnet Gypsum Kaolinite Malachite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite Titanite

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	192	192	1	44353	2353
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)			1	44358	1588
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	44350	9052
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O			1	44358	75
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			2	44346,44354	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	44350,44354	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	44354	716
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄			1	44346	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			4	44346,44350,44354,44357	27770
Cervantite ()*	None	Sb³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄			1	44350	352
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	44346	27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	44357	1025
Diamond ()*	Diamond	C			1	44347	697
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	44346,44357	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	44354,44357	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			3	44346,44354,44357	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	44357	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	44350	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	44350	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	44354	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	44354	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl			1	44348	1398
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	44354	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			2	44346,44347	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	44350	5591
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	44357	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	44346,44357	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	44346,44354	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O			1	44351	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44350	17380
Natron ()*	None	Na₂(CO₃)·10H₂O			1	44358	51
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	44357	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	44346,44350,44354	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			2	44346,44350	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	44346,44350,44354,44357	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS			1	44350	712
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	44347,44354	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	44350	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	44347,44357	1934
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	192	192	1	44353	688
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	44350	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	44354	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	44350	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	44357	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	44357	2562
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O			1	44358	129
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O			1	44351	160
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃			1	44350	369

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0132	192	192	192	Ar-Ar	Age of rock		muscovite				Muscovite			144578	Dahongliutan Pegmatite Field, Pishan Co. (Pixina Co.; Guma Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Dahongliutan deposit	Li et al. (2015)	10.1111/1755-6724.12453	AGS89_656

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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