Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Aksai Co. (Aksay Co.; Akesai Co.), Jiuquan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 228481
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228481.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Aksai Co. (Aksay Co.; Akesai Co.), Jiuquan, Gansu, China": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Annanba Asbestos Deposit
Dadao'erji Cr Deposit
Dasugan Lake
Panlonggou Au Deposit
Xiaosugan Lake

Latitude: 38°59'17"N
Longitude: 94°34'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.988055555556,94.566666666667

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.

Brucite	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Mica	None	Potarite	Pyroxene	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 C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O Pt Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brucite Calcite Chlorite Clay Mica None Potarite Pyroxene Spinel Talc

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*
Tetraferroplatinum ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	37583	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	37584,37586	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	37583	3902
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	37583	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	37583	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	37584,37586	9895
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37583	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37583	17380
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	37583	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	37583	3337
Tetraferroplatinum ()*	Potarite	PtFe	1	37583	66

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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