Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Shandan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 216384
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216384.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Shandan Co., Zhangye, Gansu, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Longshoushan Uranium Ore Zone

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Pyrite	Quartz
Rocksalt	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 Cu Fe H K Mo O P Pb S Si U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica Molybdenite None Pyrite Quartz
Rocksalt Zircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Uraninite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*
Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	37811	27198
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	37811	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37811	14640
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37811	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	37811	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37811	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	37811	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	37811	61156
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	37811	2718
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	37811	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37811	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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