Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yanji Co., Yanbian Chaoxianzu, Jilin, China

mindat Locality ID: 189096
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189096.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yanji Co., Yanbian Chaoxianzu, Jilin, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Duhuangling Au Deposit
Kaishantun
Naozhi Au-Cu Deposit
Wufeng-Wuxingshan Au-(Ag) Deposit

Latitude: 43°6'57"N
Longitude: 129°22'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.115833333333,129.37555555556

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	Amorphous	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Carpholite	Chalcopyrite	Chloritoid	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Jalpaite	Kaolinite	Melonite	Mica	Natrolite
Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite
Titanite

Acanthite ()*	Albite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Calaverite ()*	Calcite ()*	Carpholite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chloritoid ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Jalpaite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Amorphous Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Carpholite Chalcopyrite Chloritoid Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Jalpaite Kaolinite Melonite Mica Natrolite
Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite
Titanite

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	2	41867,41868	2793
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	41868	8803
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	41865	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	41867	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	41868	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	41865,41867	5516
Calaverite ()*	Melonite	AuTe₂	2	41867,41868	361
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	41865,41867,41868	27770
Carpholite ()*	Carpholite	Mn²⁺Al₂Si₂O₆(OH)₄	1	41866	25
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	41865,41867	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	41865,41867,41868	27198
Chloritoid ()*	Chloritoid	Fe²⁺Al₂O(SiO₄)(OH)₂	1	41866	376
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	41865	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	41868	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	41865,41867	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	41868	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	41865,41867,41868	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	41865,41867,41868	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	41868	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	41865	5433
Jalpaite ()*	Jalpaite	Ag₃CuS₂	1	41865	116
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	41865,41867	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	41865,41867	14899
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	41868	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	4	41865,41866,41867,41868	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	41868	2994
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	41867	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	41865,41867,41868	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	41865	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	41865,41867,41868	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	41868	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	3	41865,41867,41868	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	41865,41867,41868	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	41867,41868	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	41865	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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