Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Taipei Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan

mindat Locality ID: 22902
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-22902.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taipei Co., Taiwan Province, Taiwan": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Beitou (Peitou; Hokuto Springs)
Hsingfu Deposit
Hsinliaotze
Jui-Fang Town
Kengtzeliao

Latitude: 25°5'55"N
Longitude: 121°53'57"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 25.098611111111,121.89916666667

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.

Allophane	Alunite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Covellite
Diaspore	Enargite	Gypsum	Halotrichite	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melanterite	Mica	Nickeline	None
Orpiment	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Sulphur	Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite	Zircon

Alabandite ()*	Allophane ()*	Ankerite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cinnabar ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enargite ()*	Galena ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*
Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Halotrichite ()*	Hematite ()*	Jarosite ()*
Kaolinite ()*	Kutnohorite ()*	Luzonite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Melanterite ()*	Mercury ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orpiment ()*	Pararealgar ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Realgar ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stibnite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Hg K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Alunite Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Covellite
Diaspore Enargite Gypsum Halotrichite Kaolinite Marcasite Melanterite Mica Nickeline None
Orpiment Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Sulphur Tetrahedrite
Wurtzite Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	115482	312
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	2	115482,115484	470
Ankerite ()*	None	Ca(Fe²⁺,Mg)(CO₃)₂	2	115482,115484	3092
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	115482	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	115477,115484	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	115480,115482,115484	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	115480,115482,115484	27198
Cinnabar ()*	None	HgS	2	115480,115484	2600
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	115480	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	115482	4165
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	115484	9895
Enargite ()*	Enargite Wurtzite	Cu₃AsS₄	2	115483,115484	910
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	115482,115484	24243
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	115484	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	115477,115484	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	5	115478,115482,115483,115484,115485	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	115477,115482	6890
Halotrichite ()*	Halotrichite	Fe²⁺Al₂(SO₄)₄·22H₂O	1	115477	409
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	115482,115484	14640
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	2	115477,115484	2228
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	115477,115480,115484	5591
Kutnohorite ()*	None	CaMn²⁺(CO₃)₂	1	115484	234
Luzonite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₃AsS₄	1	115483	198
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	115484	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	115484	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	1	115477	915
Mercury ()*	None	Hg	1	115484	397
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	115484	17380
Orpiment ()*	Orpiment	As₂S₃	2	115477,115484	511
Pararealgar ()*	None	As₄S₄	1	115484	57
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	115480,115482,115483,115484	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	115484	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	115480,115482,115483,115484	61156
Realgar ()*	None	AsS	2	115477,115484	712
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	2	115482,115484	1711
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	115484	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	115484	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	115482,115484	21482
Stibnite ()*	Stibnite	Sb₂S₃	2	115482,115484	3418
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S	1	115484	2045
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	2	115482,115484	5317
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	115484	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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