Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Wulumuqi Co. (Ürümqi Co.; Ürümchi Co.), Wulumuqi Prefecture (Ürümqi Prefecture; Ürümchi Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 189123
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189123.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wulumuqi Co. (Ürümqi Co.; Ürümchi Co.), Wulumuqi Prefecture (Ürümqi Prefecture; Ürümchi Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Chaiwobao Cu Ore Field
Tianger Gold Field

Latitude: 43°7'29"N
Longitude: 86°44'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.124722222222,86.733333333333

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Sphalerite	Sulphur

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Jarosite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Sphalerite Sulphur

24 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	1	44483	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	8803
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	44477	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	3	44477,44479,44480	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	44477	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	44477,44479,44480	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	8	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	44477	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	44477	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	7	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44483	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	44477,44482	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	44482,44483,44484	30554
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	44477	2228
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44477	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	44482,44483,44484	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	44480	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	44482,44483,44484	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	9	44475,44476,44477,44478,44479,44480,44482,44483,44484	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	44483	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	44477,44479,44480,44482	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	44477	2045
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	44477	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...