Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Guaishishan Cu-Ni Deposit, Guazhou Co. (Anxi Co.), Jiuquan, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 228491
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228491.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Guaishishan Cu-Ni Deposit, Guazhou Co. (Anxi 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.

Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pentlandite	Pyroxene	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Albite ()*	Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Brucite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Siderite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Epidote Feldspar Mica Nickeline None
Pentlandite Pyroxene Spinel Talc Titanite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	462
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	944
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈	1512
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
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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