Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Xinlong Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China

mindat Locality ID: 228632
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228632.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Xinlong Co., Garzê Autonomous Prefecture (Ganzi Autonomous Prefecture), Sichuan, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Pulongba Au Deposit (Punongba Au Deposit)
Xionglongxi Au Deposit

Latitude: 30°47'30"N
Longitude: 100°12'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 30.791666666667,100.2

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	Copper	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Sphalerite	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Cinnabar ()*	Dolomite ()*	Gold ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stibnite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Marcasite Mica Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Sphalerite Stibnite Tetrahedrite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	43422,43423	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	43422	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	43422	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	43422	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	43422	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	1	43422	2600
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	43422	9895
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	43422	30554
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	43422	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	43422,43423	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	43422,43423	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	43422	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	43422	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	1	43422	712
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	43422	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	43422,43423	3418
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	43422	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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