Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Kuqa Basin, Kuqa Co. (Kuche Co.; Kuchar Co.), Akesu Prefecture (Aksu Prefecture; Aqsu Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 60
Youngest recorded age at locality: 60

mindat Locality ID: 224691
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-224691.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kuqa Basin, Kuqa Co. (Kuche Co.; Kuchar Co.), Akesu Prefecture (Aksu Prefecture; Aqsu Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Hongmenkan Cu Occurrence

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.

Atacamite	Carnallite	Copper	Gypsum	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rocksalt

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: C Ca Cl Cu H K Mg Na O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Cl H K Mg Na O S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Atacamite Carnallite Copper Gypsum Malachite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rocksalt

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Atacamite ()*	Azurite ()*	Carnallite ()*	Copper ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Malachite ()*	Quartz ()*

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
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	60	60	1	44053	544
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	60	60	1	44053	5509
Carnallite ()*	Carnallite	KMgCl₃·6H₂O	60	60	0		132
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	60	60	1	44053	3846
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	60	60	0		6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	60	60	0		1398
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	60	60	1	44053	12537
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	60	60	0		61156

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
	sedcu-00339	60	60	L. Tertiary							Yes			Cu	228356	Kuqa Co. (Kuche Co.; Kuchar Co.), Akesu Prefecture (Aksu Prefecture; Aqsu Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Kucha	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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