Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Wenduermiao Fe Deposit, Erenhot Co. (Erlianhaote Co.), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 16138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wenduermiao Fe Deposit, Erenhot Co. (Erlianhaote Co.), Xilin Gol League (Xilinguole Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Harhada Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Amphibole	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Lawsonite
Mica	None	Pumpellyite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinozoisite ()*	Deerite ()*	Epidote ()*	Erlianite ()*	Galena ()*
Glaucophane ()*	Hematite ()*	Lawsonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Minnesotaite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Siderite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Lawsonite
Mica None Pumpellyite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Spinel Stilpnomelane Talc

22 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	0		3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41114	8803
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	0		483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	0		27198
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		1025
Deerite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₆Fe³⁺₃(Si₆O₁₇)O₃(OH)₅	1	41114	27
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Erlianite ()*	None	Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺₂Si₆O₁₅(OH)₈	1	41114	1
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	0		24243
Glaucophane ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Al₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	41114	286
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	41114	14640
Lawsonite ()*	Lawsonite	CaAl₂(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		121
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	41114	14899
Minnesotaite ()*	Clay Talc	Fe²⁺₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41114	61
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	41114	17380
Pumpellyite-(Mg) ()*	Pumpellyite	Ca₂MgAl₂(Si₂O₇)(SiO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O	0		106
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	0		39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	41114	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	41114	6417
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	41114	456

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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