Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hu Co., Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

mindat Locality ID: 226193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-226193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hu Co., Xi'an, Shaanxi, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dashigou Rutile Deposit
Jindongguo Au Deposit

Latitude: 33°52'59"N
Longitude: 108°28'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 33.883055555556,108.46666666667

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	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Ankerite ()*	Calcite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica None Pyrite
Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite

14 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	42762	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	42762	8803
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	1	42762	3092
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	42762	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	42762	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	42762	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	42762	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	42762	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	42762	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	42762	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	42762	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	42762	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	42762	5614
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	42762	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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