Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Yan Mts (Yanshan Mts), Chengde, Hebei, China

mindat Locality ID: 216581
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216581.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yan Mts (Yanshan Mts), Chengde, Hebei, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Garnet Pyroxenite Occurrence
Placer Occurrences (Yanshan Meteorite)

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.

Auricupride	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Corundum	Fluorite	Iron	Lapieite	Melonite	Molybdenite	None
Perovskite	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Spinel	Xifengite	Zircon

Bornite ()*	Carrollite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Cooperite ()*
Copper ()*	Damiaoite ()*	Daomanite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*
Graphite ()*	Gupeiite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Lisiguangite ()*
Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malanite ()*	Malyshevite ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Moncheite ()*	Platinum ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sperrylite ()*	Taenite ()*
Wüstite ()*	Xifengite ()*	Yixunite ()*	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: As Au Bi C Co Cr Cu Fe In Ir Mo Ni O Pb Pd Pt S Si Te Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Auricupride Chalcopyrite Copper Corundum Fluorite Iron Lapieite Melonite Molybdenite None
Perovskite Pyrite Rocksalt Spinel Xifengite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	39194	5516
Carrollite ()*	Spinel	CuCo₂S₄	1	39194	154
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	39194	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	39195	3902
Cooperite ()*	None	PtS	1	39194	124
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	39195	3846
Damiaoite ()*	Fluorite	PtIn₂	1	39194	2
Daomanite ()*	None	CuPtAsS₂	1	39194	5
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	39194	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	39195	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	39195	2812
Gupeiite ()*	None	Fe₃Si	1	39195	3
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	39195	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	39195	1089
Lisiguangite ()*	Lapieite	CuPtBiS₃	1	39194	2
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39195	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	39195	14899
Malanite ()*	Spinel	Cu¹⁺(Ir³⁺Pt⁴⁺)S₄	1	39194	35
Malyshevite ()*	Lapieite	PdCuBiS₃	1	39194	7
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	39194	5800
Moncheite ()*	Melonite	Pt(Te,Bi)₂	1	39194	133
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	39194	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	39194	39462
Sperrylite ()*	Pyrite	PtAs₂	1	39194	337
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	39195	703
Wüstite ()*	Rocksalt	FeO	1	39195	74
Xifengite ()*	Xifengite	Fe₅Si₃	1	39195	5
Yixunite ()*	Auricupride Perovskite	Pt₃In	1	39194	2
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	39195	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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