Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kang Co., Longnan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 193269
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193269.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kang Co., Longnan, Gansu, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Anmenkou Au Deposit
Donggou Au Deposit
Kejiahe Cu-Au Deposit
Shangjiagou Au Deposit
Tanhe Au Deposit
Tongkuangpo Cu-Au Deposit
Wangba Au Deposit

Latitude: 33°15'37"N
Longitude: 105°43'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.260277777778,105.71666666667

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.

Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Mica	None	Orpiment
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orpiment ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cu Fe H Hg K O Pb S Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Mica None Orpiment
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	37708	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	37709,37712	5516
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	37708,37709,37712	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	37708	2600
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37709,37712	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37708	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	37707,37708,37711	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	37708,37709,37711,37712	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	37709,37711,37712	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37708,37709,37712	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	1	37708	511
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	37707,37708,37709,37712	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	37708,37709,37710,37712	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37708	21482
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	37707,37711	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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