Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wulumuqi Prefecture (Ürümqi Prefecture; Ürümchi Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 156604
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156604.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wulumuqi Prefecture (Ürümqi Prefecture; Ürümchi Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 18
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dabancheng District
Midong District
Wulumuqi Co. (Ürümqi Co.; Ürümchi Co.)

Latitude: 43°43'26"N
Longitude: 87°27'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.723888888889,87.463888888889

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gaylussite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gold ()*
Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*	Mirabilite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pinnoite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*
Thénardite ()*	Trona ()*

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

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur

32 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	44483	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44477	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	44477,44479,44480	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	44477	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	44477,44479,44480	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	44477	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	44477	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44483	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	44477,44482	24243
Gaylussite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(CO₃)₂·5H₂O	1	44472	57
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	2	44469,44470	137
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	44482,44483,44484	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	44469	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	4	44468,44469,44470,44472	1398
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44477	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44477	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	4	44468,44469,44470,44472	223
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	44482,44483,44484	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	44480	2994
Pinnoite ()*	None	MgB₂O(OH)₆	1	44469	13
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	44482,44483,44484	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	44483	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	44477,44479,44480,44482	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	44477	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	44477	1101
Thénardite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)	4	44468,44469,44470,44472	299
Trona ()*	None	Na₃(HCO₃)(CO₃)·2H₂O	1	44470	129

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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