Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hualong Co., Haidong, Qinghai, China

mindat Locality ID: 211996
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-211996.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hualong Co., Haidong, Qinghai, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Lashuixia Mine
Nidangou Au Deposit
Yuanshishan Mine

Latitude: 36°14'29"N
Longitude: 101°58'29"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.241388888889,101.97472222222

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	Baryte	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote
Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Titanite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Epidote ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sperrylite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Ni O Pb Pt S Sb Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Baryte Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote
Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pentlandite Pyrite Pyrophyllite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Titanite

25 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	42327	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	42327	11547
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	42326,42327	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	42327	4165
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42327	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	42327	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	42328	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	42327	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	42328	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	42326	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42327	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	42326,42327	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	42326	5674
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS	1	42326	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	42326,42327	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1	42326	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	42326,42327	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42326	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	42326,42327	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	42326,42327	61156
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	42326	337
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	42326,42327	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	42327	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	42326,42327	4899
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	1	42326	380

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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