Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Wuwei, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 226079
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226079.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wuwei, Gansu, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Gulang Co.
Tianzhu Co.

Latitude: 37°30'0"N
Longitude: 102°45'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.5,102.76611111111

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Kaolinite
Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Wulfenite ()*
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zoisite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Kaolinite
Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Sphalerite Titanite Zircon

22 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	37799	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	37799	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37801	8803
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	37799	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37799	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37799	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37799,37801	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37799	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37801	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	37799	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37799,37801	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	37801	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	37799,37801	5591
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37801	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	37799,37801	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	37799,37801	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	37799,37801	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	37799	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	37799	4899
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	37799	1655
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	37799	939
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37801	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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