Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Beihai, Guangxi, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 66
Youngest recorded age at locality: 0

mindat Locality ID: 216418
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216418.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Beihai, Guangxi, China": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Haicheng District
Hepu Co.

Latitude: 21°29'0"N
Longitude: 109°5'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 21.483333333333,109.09944444444

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.

Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Quartz	Rutile	Serpentine	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 Fe H Mg O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore None Quartz Rutile Serpentine Zircon

7 IMA Minerals at location:

Berthierine ()*	Chamosite ()*	Goethite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Zircon ()*

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
Berthierine ()*	Clay Serpentine	(Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺,Al)₃(Si,Al)₂O₅(OH)₄			1	38281	59
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	38281	577
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	38281	7437
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	66	0	1	38279	5433
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	66	0	1	38279	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	66	0	1	38279	5614
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	66	0	1	38279	5251

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
	ree-00291	66	0	Cenozoic											157936	Beihai REE Deposit, Haicheng District, Beihai, Guangxi, China	Beihei (Beihai, Peibhai?) District	Orris and Grauch (2002)		USGSOFR02_189

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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