Mineral Evolution Database

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Yushugou PGE Deposit, Yumen Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 228479
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228479.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yushugou PGE Deposit, Yumen Co., Jiuquan, Gansu, China": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Epidote	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Serpentine	Spinel
Talc

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H Mg O S Si

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Clay Epidote None Pyrite Pyroxene Serpentine Spinel
Talc

13 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Baryte ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*
Magnesiochromite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Siderite ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Zoisite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Magnesiochromite ()*	Spinel	MgCr₂O₄	311
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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