Mineral Evolution Database

Created and maintained by the Mineral Evolution Project in partnership with RRUFF and mindat.

Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Xinghe Co., Ulaan Chab League (Wulanchabu Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China

mindat Locality ID: 216744
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216744.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinghe Co., Ulaan Chab League (Wulanchabu Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Caosiyao Mo Deposit
Huangtuyao Graphite Deposit
Xinghe Graphite Mine

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.

Calcite	Clay	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Powellite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	40933	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	40935	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	40933	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	40933	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	40934,40935	2812
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	40933	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	40933	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	40935	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	40933	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	40933	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	40933	17380
Powellite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(MoO₄)	1	40933	494
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	40933,40935	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	40933	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	40933,40935	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	40933,40935	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	40933	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

All locality data graciously provided by mindat.org

All age data...