Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mangnai Co. (Mangya Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 157237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-157237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mangnai Co. (Mangya Co.), Haixi, Qinghai, China": 13
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 12

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Caishigou Au Deposit
Chahansilatu Lake
Dafengshan Sr Deposit
Dalangtan Lake
Gasikule Salt Lake
Mangnai Asbestos Mine
Qimantage Mts
Youdunzi Salt Deposit
Youquanzi Salt Deposit

Latitude: 38°6'37"N
Longitude: 91°39'17"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.110277777778,91.654722222222

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Aragonite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Blödite	Calcite	Carnallite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote	Epsomite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Geocronite	Gypsum	Hexahydrite	Kaolinite	Kieserite	Langbeinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Picromerite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Scheelite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Starkeyite	Syngenite	Talc	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

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 B C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Sn Sr W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca Cl H O Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Aragonite Arsenopyrite Baryte Blödite Calcite Carnallite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote Epsomite Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Geocronite Gypsum Hexahydrite Kaolinite Kieserite Langbeinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Picromerite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Scheelite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Starkeyite Syngenite Talc Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

73 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bischofite ()*	Blödite ()*
Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Celestine ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Epsomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Geocronite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halite ()*
Hastingsite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hexahydrite ()*	Hydrochlorborite ()*
Hydroglauberite ()*	Jarosite ()*	Kainite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Kieserite ()*
Langbeinite ()*	Leonite ()*	Löweite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mirabilite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Picromerite ()*	Polyhalite ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Starkeyite ()*	Strontianite ()*	Sylvite ()*
Syngenite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*	Ulexite ()*	Vermiculite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	42478	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42478	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	42481	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	42478	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	42481	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	42475	3250
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	42478,42480	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	42480	5509
Bischofite ()*	None	MgCl₂·6H₂O	1	42474	42
Blödite ()*	Blödite	Na₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	4	42472,42474,42475,42482	130
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	42478,42480,42481	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	42471,42475,42478,42481	27770
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	2	42474,42475	132
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	42478,42480	5171
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	42473	1252
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	42478	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	42471,42478,42480,42481	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42476	951
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	42478	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	42478,42481	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	42478	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	42471,42478,42481	8173
Epsomite ()*	Epsomite	Mg(SO₄)·7H₂O	2	42474,42475	484
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	42478	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	42471,42478,42481	24243
Geocronite ()*	Geocronite	Pb₁₄Sb₆S₂₃	1	42478	133
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	42471	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	42478	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	7	42471,42473,42474,42475,42481,42482,42483	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	3	42474,42475,42482	1398
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42478	209
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	42478	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	42471	14640
Hexahydrite ()*	Hexahydrite	Mg(SO₄)·6H₂O	1	42474	251
Hydrochlorborite ()*	None	Ca₂B₃O₃(OH)₄·BO(OH)₃Cl·7H₂O	0		3
Hydroglauberite ()*	None	Na₁₀Ca₃(SO₄)₈·6H₂O	1	42474	16
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	3	42471,42478,42480	2228
Kainite ()*	None	KMg(SO₄)Cl·2.75H₂O	1	42474	50
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	42480,42481	5591
Kieserite ()*	Kieserite	Mg(SO₄)·H₂O	1	42474	80
Langbeinite ()*	Langbeinite	K₂Mg₂(SO₄)₃	1	42474	43
Leonite ()*	None	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·4H₂O	1	42474	24
Löweite ()*	None	Na₁₂Mg₇(SO₄)₁₃·15H₂O	1	42474	28
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	42475	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	42478,42480,42481	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	4	42471,42478,42480,42481	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	2	42478,42480	5674
Mirabilite ()*	None	Na₂(SO₄)·10H₂O	4	42472,42474,42475,42482	223
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	3	42478,42480,42481	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	42475	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	42471,42475,42478,42480,42481	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	42478,42480	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	42478	2273
Picromerite ()*	Picromerite	K₂Mg(SO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	42474	44
Polyhalite ()*	None	K₂Ca₂Mg(SO₄)₄·2H₂O	2	42474,42475	102
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42478	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	42471,42478,42480,42481	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	42478,42480,42481	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	42471,42475,42478,42480,42481	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	42478	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	42471,42478,42481	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	42478	668
Starkeyite ()*	Starkeyite	Mg(SO₄)·4H₂O	1	42474	79
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	0		589
Sylvite ()*	Rocksalt	KCl	1	42474	275
Syngenite ()*	Syngenite	K₂Ca(SO₄)₂·H₂O	1	42474	44
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42476	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	42478	2562
Ulexite ()*	None	NaCaB₅O₆(OH)₆·5H₂O	1	42483	160
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	1	42476	652
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	42478	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	42478	1247
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42478	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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