Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sareshike Mine, Sabei Intrusion, Qitai Co. (Gucheng Co.; Guqung Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 292
Youngest recorded age at locality: 292

mindat Locality ID: 211966
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211966.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sareshike Mine, Sabei Intrusion, Qitai Co. (Gucheng Co.; Guqung Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°11'0"N
Longitude: 90°22'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.183333333333,90.366666666667

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Feldspar	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Spinel

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 Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Sn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Cu Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Chalcopyrite Clay Feldspar Mica Molybdenite None Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Spinel

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Siderophyllite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	292	292	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	292	292	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	292	292	295
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	292	292	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	292	292	27198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	292	292	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	292	292	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	292	292	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	292	292	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	292	292	375
Siderophyllite ()*	Mica	KFe²⁺₂Al(Si₂Al₂)O₁₀(OH)₂	292	292	92

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
	JAES32_204-00001	292	292	292	U-Pb										211966	Sareshike Mine, Sabei Intrusion, Qitai Co. (Gucheng Co.; Guqung Co.), Changji Autonomous Prefecture (Sanji Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Sareshenke	Zhang et al. (2008)	10.1016/j.jseaes.2007.10.005	JAES32_204

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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