Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Atushi Co. (Artux Co.; Atux Co.; Atush Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China

mindat Locality ID: 229453
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-229453.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Atushi Co. (Artux Co.; Atux Co.; Atush Co.), Kezilesu Autonomous Prefecture (Kizilsu Autonomous Prefecture; Qizilsu Autonomous Prefecture), Xinjiang, China": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Aiximan Cu-Au Occurrence
Cheyibulake Polymetallic Occurrence (Qieyibulake Polymetallic Occurrence)

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Fluorite	Ludwigite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scapolite
Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stibnite	Tetrahedrite	Titanite	Vesuvianite	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ludwigite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Marialite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*	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: Al As Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O S Sb Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Fluorite Ludwigite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scapolite
Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stibnite Tetrahedrite Titanite Vesuvianite Zircon

27 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44405	3419
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	44405	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	44405	11547
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	44405	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	44405	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	44405	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	44404,44405	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	44405	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	44405	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	44405	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	2	44404,44405	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	44404,44405	14640
Ludwigite ()*	Ludwigite	Mg₂Fe³⁺O₂(BO₃)	1	44405	134
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	44405	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	44405	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	44405	139
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	44404,44405	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	44404,44405	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	44404,44405	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	44405	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	44405	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	44404	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	44404	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	44405	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	44405	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	1	44405	1395
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	44405	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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