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:
Pishan Co. (Pixina Co.; Guma Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

Oldest recorded age at locality: 192
Youngest recorded age at locality: 192

mindat Locality ID: 229232
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229232.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pishan Co. (Pixina Co.; Guma Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Dahongliutan Pegmatite Field
Yuliqun

Latitude: 35°50'30"N
Longitude: 78°49'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.841666666667,78.833055555556

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.

Baryte	Bismutite	Calcite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Garnet	Gypsum	Malachite
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sulphur

Almandine ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismutite ()*	Calcite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spodumene ()*
Sulphur ()*

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 Au Ba Bi C Ca Cu Fe H Li Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Bismutite Calcite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Garnet Gypsum Malachite
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sulphur

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	192	192	1	44353	2353
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	44354	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			1	44354	11547
Bismutite ()*	Bismutite	Bi₂O₂(CO₃)			1	44354	716
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	44354	27770
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	44354	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	44354	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			1	44354	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	44354	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	44354	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	44354	12537
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	44354	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	44354	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	44354	5614
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	192	192	1	44353	688
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	44354	2045

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Alexandra-0132	192	192	192	Ar-Ar	Age of rock		muscovite				Muscovite			144578	Dahongliutan Pegmatite Field, Pishan Co. (Pixina Co.; Guma Co.), Hetian Prefecture (Khotan Prefecture; Hotan Prefecture; Hoten Prefecture), Xinjiang, China	Dahongliutan deposit	Li et al. (2015)	10.1111/1755-6724.12453	AGS89_656

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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