Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Loufan Co., Taiyuan, Shanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 225315
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225315.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Loufan Co., Taiyuan, Shanxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Hugushan Mine
Jianshan Fe Deposit

Latitude: 38°2'14"N
Longitude: 111°35'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.037222222222,111.59972222222

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	Corundum	Diaspore	None	Quartz	Spinel

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 Ca Fe H Na O Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Corundum Diaspore None Quartz Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Ferro-pargasite ()*	Goethite ()*	Grunerite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Ferro-pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43214	54
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	43213	7437
Grunerite ()*	Amphibole	Fe²⁺₂Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43214	223
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	43213,43214	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	43213,43214	14899
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	43213,43214	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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