Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 407
Youngest recorded age at locality: 400

mindat Locality ID: 157179
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157179.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 17
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Abagong Fe-REE Deposit
Abagong Pb-Zn Deposit
Alehada Au-Cu Occurrence
Aletai Cu Deposit (Altay Cu Deposit)
Dadonggou Pb-Zn Deposit
Dundebulake Pb-Zn Deposit
Hongdun Pb-Zn Deposit
Moyoulete Cu Occurrence
Qiaxia Fe-Cu Deposit
Sarekuobu Au Deposit (Sarekuobo Au Deposit; Sarekoubu Au Deposit; Sarkobu Au Deposit)
Sarekuobu Cu Occurrence (Sarekuobo Cu Occurrence; Sarekoubu Cu Occurrence; Sarkobu Cu Occurrence)
Talate Pb-Zn Occurrence
Tiemuerte Mine (Tiemierte Mine; Tiemurte Mine)
Tuomoerte Fe-(Mn) Deposit
Wulasigou Pb-Zn-Cu Deposit
Xiaotieshan Fe Deposit
Xiaotieshan Pb-Zn Occurrence

Latitude: 47°49'57"N
Longitude: 88°17'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 47.8325,88.284166666667

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	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Malachite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stibnite	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Lepidocrocite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*

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: Ag Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Malachite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stibnite Titanite

36 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	407	400	8	44493,44494,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	407	400	3	44493,44499,44505	8803
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	44502	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	407	407	4	44497,44502,44504,44505	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	407	400	3	44493,44501,44505	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	407	407	2	44502,44505	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	407	407	1	44505	1935
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	407	407	1	44505	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	407	400	7	44493,44497,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	44504	5171
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	407	407	1	44505	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	407	407	9	44494,44497,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	407	400	8	44493,44494,44497,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	407	400	4	44493,44497,44502,44505	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	407	407	10	44494,44497,44498,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44507,44509	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	400	400	1	44493	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	44502	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	400	400	4	44493,44494,44501,44502	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			2	44494,44497	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	400	400	2	44493,44497	5591
Lepidocrocite ()*	Lepidocrocite	Fe³⁺O(OH)	400	400	1	44493	581
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	44506	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	407	400	9	44493,44494,44497,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	407	407	3	44497,44501,44505	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	400	400	5	44493,44497,44499,44501,44506	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	407	400	8	44493,44497,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			2	44506,44507	3106
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	44497	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	407	407	6	44494,44497,44502,44504,44505,44506	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	407	400	9	44493,44497,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44506,44507	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	44502	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	44502	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	44504	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	407	407	10	44494,44497,44498,44499,44501,44502,44504,44505,44507,44509	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	400	400	2	44493,44504	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	407	400	5	44493,44502,44504,44505,44506	2562

2 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
	vms-00386	400	400	Early Devonian										S	185606	Abagong Fe-REE Deposit, Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Abagong	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034
	vms-00410	407	407	Lower Devonian (407, U-Pb)										S	144276	Tiemuerte Mine (Tiemierte Mine; Tiemurte Mine), Kelang Basin, Aletai Co. (Altay Co.), Aletai Prefecture (Altay Prefecture), Yili Hasake Autonomous Prefecture (Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Tiemurte	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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