Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Qinzhou District, Tianshui, Gansu, China

mindat Locality ID: 228665
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-228665.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Qinzhou District, Tianshui, Gansu, China": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Chaijiazhuang Au Deposit
Fengjiachang Au Deposit
Guanlinggeng Pb-Zn Deposit
Lizi Au Deposit

Latitude: 34°12'11"N
Longitude: 105°54'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.203055555556,105.91583333333

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.

Acanthite	Alunite	Amphibole	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper
Covellite	Digenite	Epidote	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite
Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Altaite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*
Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Covellite ()*
Digenite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Hessite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	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: Ag Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Te Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amphibole Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper
Covellite Digenite Epidote Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite
Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	37785	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	37785	3419
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe	1	37785	489
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	2	37782,37785	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	37785	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	37785	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	37782,37783,37787	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	37782,37785	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	37782,37783,37787	27198
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	2	37782,37785	4165
Digenite ()*	Digenite	Cu_1.8S	1	37785	1027
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	37787,37788	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	4	37782,37783,37784,37785	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	6	37782,37783,37785,37786,37787,37788	30554
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te	1	37785	804
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	1	37782	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	37782,37785	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	37782	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	37782	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	37785	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	37782,37785,37787	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂	1	37785	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	37782,37783,37786,37787,37788	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	37785	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	37782,37783,37786,37787,37788	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	37783,37785	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	4	37782,37783,37784,37785	21482
Tellurobismuthite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₃	1	37785	276
Tennantite-(Fe) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Fe₂)As₄S₁₃	1	37785	1803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	37785	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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