Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Lopnur Co. (Yuli Co.; Weili Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 6.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 6.3

mindat Locality ID: 216802
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-216802.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lopnur Co. (Yuli Co.; Weili Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Ku'erbanqitai Quarry
Muqiongkudouke Phosphate Deposit
Qieganbulake Mine
Tseganbrark Mine
Zhongtu Station

Latitude: 41°13'20"N
Longitude: 87°33'5"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.222222222222,87.551388888889

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corrensite	Corundum	Feldspar	Garnet
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anatase ()*
Antigorite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Corundum ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hydrobiotite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Variscite ()*	Vermiculite ()*	Violarite ()*
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 Ba C Ca Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corrensite Corundum Feldspar Garnet
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel Talc Titanite Zircon

31 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	6.3	6.3	1	44102	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	6.3	6.3	1	44102	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	6.3	6.3	1	44102	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	44104	2353
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂			1	44104	2162
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6.3	6.3	1	44102	708
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	6.3	6.3	1	44102	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6.3	6.3	1	44102	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	6.3	6.3	1	44102	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄			1	44104	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	6.3	6.3	1	44102	951
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	44104	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6.3	6.3	3	44100,44102,44104	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6.3	6.3	1	44102	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	6.3	6.3	1	44102	2740
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	44104	1188
Hydrobiotite ()*	Corrensite Clay	K(Mg,Fe²⁺)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·nH₂O			1	44103	49
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	44104	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	6.3	6.3	2	44102,44104	14899
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	6.3	6.3	1	44102	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	6.3	6.3	3	44102,44103,44104	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6.3	6.3	1	44102	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	6.3	6.3	1	44102	9056
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	44104	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	6.3	6.3	1	44102	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	6.3	6.3	1	44102	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	6.3	6.3	1	44102	2562
Variscite ()*	None	Al(PO₄)·2H₂O			1	44101	301
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	6.3	6.3	3	44100,44102,44103	652
Violarite ()*	Spinel	FeNi₂S₄	6.3	6.3	1	44102	380
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	6.3	6.3	1	44102	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000591	MAGMATIC STYLE: Intrusion ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Diopsidite and dunite.

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
	Jen_0000591	6.3	6.3	6.3	U-Pb			whole rock							216803	Qieganbulake Mine, Lopnur Co. (Yuli Co.; Weili Co.), Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture (Bayingolin Autonomous Prefecture; Bayinguoleng Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Yuli Mine	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796	carbohydrothermal alteration (vermiculite)

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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