Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Benxi Co., Benxi, Liaoning, China

mindat Locality ID: 157147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benxi Co., Benxi, Liaoning, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Caohekou Cu-Fe Deposit
Shanghua-Yunpan Cu-Fe Deposit
Wujiapu Mo Deposit (Wujiabao Mo Deposit)

Latitude: 40°57'51"N
Longitude: 123°57'33"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.964166666667,123.95916666667

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nacrite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Si Sn Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	41905,41906,41907	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	41906	1588
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	41907	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	41905,41906,41907	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	41907	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	41907	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	41907	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	41907	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	41905,41906,41907	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41907	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	41907	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	41905,41906,41907	17380
Nacrite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		112
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41907	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	41905,41906	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	41905,41906,41907	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	41905,41906	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	41905,41906,41907	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	41906	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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