Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chengkou Co., Chongqing, China

mindat Locality ID: 157195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chengkou Co., Chongqing, China": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Bashan Mine
Chengkou PGE Deposit
Daduxi Mn Deposit
Gaoguansi Mn Deposit
Gaoyan Mn Deposit
Huangxihe Mn Deposit
Minyue Mn Deposit (Mingyue Mn Deposit)
Shangshanping Mn Deposit
Xiuqi Mn Deposit
Yaojiawan Cu Occurrence

Latitude: 31°53'59"N
Longitude: 108°30'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 31.899722222222,108.5

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.

Amorphous	Aragonite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel

Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Barytocalcite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rhodochrosite ()*	Witherite ()*

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 Mn Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Kaolinite Mica
None Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel

17 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)	1	37206	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	37204	11547
Barytocalcite ()*	None	BaCa(CO₃)₂	1	37200	83
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	37204	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208,37209	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37209	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	7	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208	9895
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6	37202,37203,37205,37206,37207,37208	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	7	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208	234
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37204	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37209	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	37204	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	37202,37204	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	7	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208,37209	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	7	37202,37203,37204,37205,37206,37207,37208	1711
Witherite ()*	Aragonite	Ba(CO₃)	1	37200	251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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