Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lenghu Co., Haixi, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 157236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lenghu Co., Haixi, Qinghai, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Kunteyi Salt Lake
Leng Lake
Longweigou Cu-Au Deposit
Niubiziliang Complex
West Taijinar Salt Lake (Xitaijinai'er Salt Lake)
Xiaoserteng Cu Deposit
Yiliping Salt Lake

Latitude: 38°25'47"N
Longitude: 93°14'41"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.429722222222,93.244722222222

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	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Blödite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote
Epsomite	Feldspar	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine
Pentlandite	Picromerite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Spinel	Talc	Tetrahedrite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Antarcticite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Blödite ()*	Borax ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epsomite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Glauberite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*
Hydrohalite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Mirabilite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Picromerite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Spinel ()*
Sylvite ()*	Talc ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 As B C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Na Ni O S Sb Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Aragonite Arsenopyrite Blödite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Epidote
Epsomite Feldspar Gypsum Hexahydrite Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine
Pentlandite Picromerite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Spinel Talc Tetrahedrite

44 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	42465	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1	42465	1036
Antarcticite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaCl₂·6H₂O	1	42462	11
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	42469	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	42464	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	42465	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	42464	5509
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	1	42462	42
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	3	42462,42467,42469	130
Borax ()*	None	Na₂B₄O₅(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	42467	76
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	42466	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	42463,42469	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	3	42462,42467,42469	132
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	42464	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	42464,42466	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	42466	2600
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	42465	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	42463	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	42465	944
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	42467,42469	484
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	42465	1188
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	42462	137
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	42462,42469	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	42462,42467,42469	1398
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	42469	251
Hydrohalite ()*	None	NaCl·2H₂O	1	42462	17
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	42466	5433
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	42466	2228
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42466	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	42464,42466	12537
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	2	42462,42469	223
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	2	42462,42469	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	42462,42464,42465,42469	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	42466	1512
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	42467	44
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	42464,42466	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	42464,42466	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	42462,42464,42469	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	42466	712
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	42466	1934
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	3	42462,42467,42469	275
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42465	3337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	42464	5317
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42465	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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