Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Alxa Right Banner (Alashan Youqi), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1000
Youngest recorded age at locality: 541

mindat Locality ID: 189138
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-189138.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Alxa Right Banner (Alashan Youqi), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Amuwusu Sb Deposit
Dagoujing Mine
Dangbajing Graphite Deposit
Gaxun Tal Mine (Kaxiutata Mine)
Ha'erdengjige Cu-Ni Deposit
Jianquanzi Au Deposit
Qingjingzi Cu-Ni Deposit
Tamusu U Deposit
Taohualashan REE Deposit (Taohuashan REE Deposit)

Latitude: 39°7'21"N
Longitude: 101°36'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.1225,101.61611111111

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	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum
Covellite	Epidote	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Athabascaite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clausthalite ()*
Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferroselite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Klockmannite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Penroseite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Safflorite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Violarite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Se Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Copper Corundum
Covellite Epidote Löllingite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Spinel Stibnite Talc Titanite

36 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# 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			2	40651,40654	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	40651	9052
Athabascaite ()*	None	Cu₅Se₄			1	40655	18
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			1	40651	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			1	40651	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1000	541	2	40651,40656	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	40651,40652,40653,40654	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	40654	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	40651	951
Clausthalite ()*	Rocksalt	PbSe			1	40655	281
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	40651	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	40651	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	40649	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	40651	8173
Ferroselite ()*	Marcasite	FeSe₂			1	40655	51
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	40651	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			2	40651,40653	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	40650	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	40653	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	40651	5433
Klockmannite ()*	Covellite	Cu_5.2Se₆			1	40655	63
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	40651	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	40649,40653	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	40651	633
Penroseite ()*	Pyrite	(Ni,Co,Cu)Se₂			1	40655	14
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			2	40651,40654	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	40651,40652,40653,40654,40655	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	40651	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			3	40651,40653,40655	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1000	541	1	40656	5614
Safflorite ()*	Löllingite	CoAs₂			1	40651	317
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	40651	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	40651	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	40651	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	40651,40654	2562
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄			1	40651	380

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	ree-00251	1000	541	Late Proterozoic											143938	Taohualashan REE Deposit (Taohuashan REE Deposit), Alxa Right Banner (Alashan Youqi), Alxa League (Alashan Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Taohulashan	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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