Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yumen Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 190886
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190886.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yumen Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Changma
Heixiakou Mine
Jiedaban Au Deposit
Shiyouhe Cu Occurrence
Yushugou PGE Deposit

Latitude: 39°48'2"N
Longitude: 97°16'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.800555555556,97.270833333333

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Covellite
Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Malachite	Melanterite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Tetradymite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Jarosite ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Manganite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Scheelite ()*	Siderite ()*	Siderotil ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tetradymite ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Te W

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Covellite
Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Malachite Melanterite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Spinel Talc Tetradymite

37 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	37668	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37666	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	37662	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	37666	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	37667	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	37665,37667,37668	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	37662,37667	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37666,37667	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	37664	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37667	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	37662,37666,37667	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	37668	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	37668	951
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	37667	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	37662,37666	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37668	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37666	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	37662,37666	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	37666	6890
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	37664,37666	2228
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	1	37668	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	37668	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	37663,37668	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	37662,37666,37667	12537
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)	1	37665	770
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	37664	915
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	37662,37666	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	37662,37666,37668	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	37665	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	37662,37665,37666,37667	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	37666	4894
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	37663,37668	6417
Siderotil ()*	Chalcanthite	Fe(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	37664	84
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	37668	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37668	3337
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	1	37662	510
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37668	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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