Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1824
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 216732
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216732.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bayinhanggai Au Deposit
Changshanhao Mine (CSH Mine)
Dongjiagan Mn Deposit
Duimenshan Fe-Zn Deposit
Hani River Placers
Haoyaoerhudong Au Deposit
Jiashengpan Pb-Zn Deposit
Kebu Cu-Ni-Co Deposit
Yelanggou Zn-polymetallic Deposit

Latitude: 41°29'35"N
Longitude: 108°53'21"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.493055555556,108.88916666667

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.

Alunite	Amphibole	Andalusite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Epidote	Gypsum	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chlorargyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Cubanite ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Plumbojarosite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Amphibole Andalusite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Epidote Gypsum Kaolinite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite Zircon

40 IMA Minerals at location:

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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	40741	3419
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			2	40741,40745	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1824	1000	3	40741,40745,40746	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1824	1000	3	40741,40745,40746	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1824	1000	3	40741,40743,40746	27198
Chlorargyrite ()*	Rocksalt	AgCl	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	1382
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS			2	40741,40745	2600
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	802
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1824	1000	2	40746,40748	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1824	1000	3	40743,40746,40748	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	40747	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1824	1000	4	40741,40743,40745,40746	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1824	1000	1	40746	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	40740,40741,40744,40745	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1824	1000	3	40741,40743,40746	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1824	1000	1	40746	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1824	1000	1	40746	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1824	1000	1	40746	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			2	40741,40745	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1824	1000	3	40743,40744,40746	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	40742	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1824	1000	4	40741,40743,40745,40746	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	40747	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1824	1000	1	40746	2273
Plumbojarosite ()*	Alunite	Pb_0.5Fe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1824	1000	1	40746	477
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1824	1000	6	40741,40743,40745,40746,40747,40748	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1824	1000	2	40742,40746	3106
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1824	1000	5	40741,40743,40745,40746,40747	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1824	1000	6	40740,40741,40743,40745,40746,40748	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			1	40742	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1824	1000	2	40743,40746	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1824	1000	1	40746	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1824	1000	4	40741,40743,40746,40748	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1824	1000	3	40741,40746,40748	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	40744	5251

2 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
	sedexmvt-00100	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic		host rock age									143885	Jiashengpan Pb-Zn Deposit, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Jiashengpan	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00168	1824	1491	1824–1491											143885	Jiashengpan Pb-Zn Deposit, Urad Middle Banner (Wulate Zhongqi), Bayan Nur League (Bayannao'er Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	Jiashengpan	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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