Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hejing Co. (Xejing Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 189118
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189118.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hejing Co. (Xejing Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Baluntai
Bayin Cu Deposit
Bayinbuluke Fe Deposit
Beizhan Fe Deposit
Dunde Fe-Zn Deposit
Gongnaisigou
Qiaohuote Cu Deposit
Qiaoxi Cu-(Au) Deposit
Sahentuohai Orefield
Wulasitai Ag-Cu Deposit
Zhibo Fe Deposit

Latitude: 43°8'6"N
Longitude: 85°18'32"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.135,85.308888888889

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	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Digenite	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
Nolanite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Ankerite ()*
Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Braunite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Digenite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferrihydrite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rhodonite ()*	Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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: Al As Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Si Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Digenite Epidote Feldspar Garnet Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
Nolanite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

43 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	6	44070,44073,44074,44075,44080,44091	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	44088,44091	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	44080	1534
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	44070	1588
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	44088,44089	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44079	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	44078,44079,44080,44085	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	5	44070,44071,44078,44079,44085	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	6	44072,44078,44079,44080,44083,44085	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	44070	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	11	44070,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5	44072,44078,44079,44080,44085	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	13	44069,44072,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44083,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091	27198
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	44091	1027
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	5	44073,44074,44075,44080,44091	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	44089	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	10	44071,44073,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44091	8173
Ferrihydrite ()*	Nolanite	Fe³⁺₁₀O₁₄(OH)₂	1	44070	86
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	44070,44088,44089	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	44088,44089	30554
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1	44070	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	8	44070,44071,44073,44078,44079,44080,44085,44091	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	44088	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44080	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	8	44070,44071,44073,44074,44075,44078,44080,44091	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	7	44069,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44090	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	44075	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	44069,44083	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	44070	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	6	44069,44074,44079,44085,44088,44089	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	13	44069,44070,44071,44074,44075,44078,44080,44083,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	44070	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	44074,44075	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	13	44069,44070,44071,44074,44075,44078,44079,44080,44085,44086,44088,44089,44091	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	1	44070	1711
Rhodonite ()*	Rhodonite	CaMn₃Mn(Si₅O₁₅)	1	44070	969
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	44089	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	44070,44088	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44075	21482
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	44078	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44091	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	44073,44080	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	44074	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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