Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Xichang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 225533
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-225533.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xichang Co., Liangshan, Sichuan, China": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Baryte Locality
Jindong V-Ti-Fe Deposit
Luanshitan Nb-Ta Occurrence
Lugu Sn-Fe Deposit
Taihe Intrusion
Zhangcun Nb-Ta Occurrence (Changcun Nb-Ta Occurrence)

Latitude: 27°54'48"N
Longitude: 102°7'43"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 27.913333333333,102.12861111111

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chevkinite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Hulsite	Mica	None	Pyrochlore	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Titanite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Andradite ()*
Aragonite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Hulsite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Rutile ()*	Stannite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Uraninite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Baryte Bastnäsite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chevkinite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Hulsite Mica None Pyrochlore Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Titanite Zircon

32 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	43546	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	43546	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	43546	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43546	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	43546	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	0		3250
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43546	295
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	43540,43546	11547
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	43546	304
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43546	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	43543	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43546	27198
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1	43546	89
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	43544	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	43546	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Hulsite ()*	Hulsite	Fe²⁺₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	43543	15
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	43545	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	43541,43543,43545,43546	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	43546	4924
Oxycalciopyrochlore ()*	Pyrochlore	Ca₂Nb₂O₆O	1	43546	11
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	43546	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43546	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43544	375
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	43546	5614
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	43543	668
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	43546	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	43544	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	43546	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	43546	2718
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	43546	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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