Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xinyuan Co. (Künes Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 157172
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157172.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinyuan Co. (Künes Co.), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Akesayi Fe Deposit
Awulale Fe Ore Field
Nixintage Fe Deposit
Songhu Fe Deposit
Tu'ergen
Yuximolegai Cu Deposit

Latitude: 43°33'31"N
Longitude: 83°39'7"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.558611111111,83.651944444444

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.

Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel
Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Spinel
Talc Titanite

23 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	44696,44697	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	4	44691,44695,44697,44700	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	2	44695,44697	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	44695,44701	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	44697,44703	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	44691,44696,44697,44702	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	44703	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	5	44691,44695,44696,44697,44703	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	44703	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	44691,44696,44697	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	44697	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	44691,44693,44695,44696,44697,44699,44701,44703	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44697	2228
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	44693,44697	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	7	44691,44693,44696,44697,44701,44702,44703	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	6	44691,44695,44697,44700,44702,44703	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	44691,44695,44696,44699,44701	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	44700	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	44691,44695,44696,44697,44701	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	44691,44695,44696,44697,44699,44700,44701,44702	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	44701	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	44701	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44696	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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