Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hezuo Co., Gannan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 226082
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226082.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hezuo Co., Gannan, Gansu, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Dewulu Au-Cu Ore Field
Zaorendao Au Deposit
Zaozigou Au Deposit

Latitude: 35°1'59"N
Longitude: 102°51'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.033055555556,102.86638888889

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Epidote
Feldspar	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Wollastonite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Antimony ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scorodite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tripuhyite ()*	Valentinite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 As Au C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Epidote
Feldspar Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite Wollastonite Zircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	37550	8803
Antimony ()*	Arsenic	Sb	1	37550	363
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	37547,37548,37550	9052
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	37547	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	37550	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	37550	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	37547,37550	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	37547,37550	4165
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	37547,37548	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	37550	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	37546	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	37547,37550	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	3	37547,37548,37550	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	37550	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	37547,37548,37550	5591
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	37547	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37550	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37547,37548,37550	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	37547,37548,37550	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37550	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	37547,37548,37550	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	37550	5614
Scorodite ()*	None	Fe³⁺(AsO₄)·2H₂O	1	37550	1153
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	37547,37550	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	37548,37550	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37550	5317
Tripuhyite ()*	Rutile	Fe³⁺Sb⁵⁺O₄	1	37550	66
Valentinite ()*	None	Sb₂O₃	1	37550	369
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	37547,37548	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	37550	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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