Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Maqên Co., Golog, Qinghai, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1216
Youngest recorded age at locality: 145

mindat Locality ID: 205274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-205274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Maqên Co., Golog, Qinghai, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dongshengongma Au Deposit
Dur'ngoi Ophiolite
Sanchakou

Latitude: 34°20'50"N
Longitude: 99°56'24"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.347222222222,99.94

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	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Talc
Titanite	Wurtzite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltpentlandite ()*
Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*	Grossular ()*
Hausmannite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hercynite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Lead ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stibnite ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*
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 C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Malachite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Talc
Titanite Wurtzite Zircon

41 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1216	145	1	42249	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1216	145	1	42248	1534
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	42247	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1216	145	1	42249	5509
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1216	145	1	42249	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1216	145	1	42249	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1216	145	1	42249	925
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1216	145	1	42249	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	201	145	1	42249	27198
Cobaltpentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	Co₉S₈	1025	943	1	42249	82
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1216	145	1	42249	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1216	145	1	42249	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1216	145	1	42249	802
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1216	145	1	42249	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1216	145	1	42248	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	42250	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1216	145	1	42249	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1216	145	1	42249	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	201	145	1	42249	30554
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1216	145	1	42248	1544
Hausmannite ()*	Spinel	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₂O₄	1216	145	1	42249	350
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1216	145	1	42249	14640
Hercynite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Al₂O₄	1216	145	1	42249	407
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1216	145	1	42249	5433
Lead ()*	Copper	Pb	1216	145	1	42249	192
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	201	145	1	42249	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1216	145	1	42249	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1216	145	1	42249	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	201	145	1	42249	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1216	145	1	42249	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	201	145	2	42247,42249	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	201	145	1	42249	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1216	145	1	42249	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	201	145	1	42249	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	201	145	1	42249	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1216	145	2	42248,42249	1934
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃			1	42247	3418
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1216	145	2	42249,42250	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1216	145	1	42249	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1216	145	1	42249	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1216	145	1	42249	5251

4 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	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
Chen2007tbl01-66	201	145	Jurassic		Chalcopyrite, Gold, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Rutile, Sphalerite		135298	De'erni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit (Derni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit), Dur'ngoi Ophiolite, Maqên Co., Golog, Qinghai, China	Deerni, Maqin, Qinghai	Chen et al. (2007)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.01.001	OGR31_139
EMG9_253-00001	1025	1025	1025	Nd-Sm		Co	135298	De'erni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit (Derni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit), Dur'ngoi Ophiolite, Maqên Co., Golog, Qinghai, China	Derni Cu-Co Deposit	Wang et al. (2000)	10.2113/0090253	EMG9_253
EMG9_253-00002	943	943	943	Nd-Sm		Co	135298	De'erni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit (Derni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit), Dur'ngoi Ophiolite, Maqên Co., Golog, Qinghai, China	Derni Cu-Co Deposit	Wang et al. (2000)	10.2113/0090253	EMG9_253
vms-00391	1216	1026	Mesoproterozoic (1216-1026, Sm-Nd)				135298	De'erni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit (Derni Cu-Co-(Zn) Deposit), Dur'ngoi Ophiolite, Maqên Co., Golog, Qinghai, China	Deerni	Moiser et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1034

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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