Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xihe Co., Longnan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 185939
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-185939.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xihe Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Daqiao Au Deposit
Jianyagou Pb-Zn Deposit
Majiahe Au Deposit
Shuiguanzhi Pb-Zn Deposit
Yeshuihe Pb-Zn Deposit
Zhaogou Au Deposit

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.

Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite
Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Jamesonite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Diaspore Epidote Fluorite
Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	37765,37768	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	37764,37766	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	37765,37766,37768	11547
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	1	37764	843
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	37764,37765,37768	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	37764,37765,37768	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	37766	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	37765,37768	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37764	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37764	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	37764,37765,37766,37768	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	37766	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	37764,37766	30554
Jamesonite ()*	None	Pb₄FeSb₆S₁₄	1	37764	784
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37764	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37764,37765,37768	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37764,37765,37766,37768	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	37765,37768	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	37764,37765,37766,37768	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	37764,37765,37768	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	3	37764,37765,37768	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	37765,37768	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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